Episode Synopsis "Sample of "Maria Laya" performed by Ana Veydó with Grupo Cimarron"

In the plains of eastern Colombia, men have long sung to accompany their tasks of herding and milking cows. Consequently, música llanera (plains music) has a masculine character, and its themes draw from the male-dominated cattle-herding lifestyle. Yet today, one of the most renowned música llanera singers is a woman: Ana Veydó. Veydó is one of the few female singers that follow the recio (robust, coarse) style of joropo singing usually associated with the male voice. Here Veydó discusses the influence of feminine voices in música llanera. Learn more about Ana Veydó at .

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More episodes of the podcast Ana Veydó: Colombian Joropo Vocalist

• Ana Veydó discusses how women have changed the face of musica llanera
• Ana Veydó demonstrates recio-style singing in a pajarillo
• Sample of "Un llanero de verdad" (A True Plainsman) performed by Ana Veydó with Grupo Cimarron
• Sample of "Maria Laya" performed by Ana Veydó with Grupo Cimarron