Aníbal Velásquez has been played on NTS in shows including Carlos René, featured first on 3 April 2015. Songs played include Mambo Loco, Descarga Loca and Mundo.

If you come from the northern end of South America, Anibal Velasquez’s name won’t make your obscurometer’s needle quiver. Born in 1936, he’s recorded over 300 albums and scored hits in Colombia and Venezuela; to this day, he’s a big draw at the Carneval in Baranquilla, which is one of Colombia’s premiere cultural celebrations and has been designated by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. Like the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, the subject…