Son Palenque has been played on NTS over 10 times, featured on 10 episodes and was first played on 27 March 2016.

Son Palenque is a legendary afro-Colombian band, founded in the beginning of the 80’s in the city of Cartagena (Caribbean coast), by the singer and composer Justo Valdez. Since then, this 7th people band has recorded 8 LP's of traditional Afro music, mixed with African and psychedelic influences. All their members come from San Basilio de Palenque, a very important village in the history of afro-Colombia.

Palenque de San Basilio was founded by black maroons (running away from slavery), and has preserved many…