Minyo Crusaders – "Kushimoto Bushi" (Weekly Music Roundup)

Minyo Crusaders – "Kushimoto Bushi" (Weekly Music Roundup)

Have you fallen in love with cumbia music yet? It’s a style from Colombia characterized by this boom-chi-ka rhythm that you’re hearing, and often by bright, sassy horn arrangements. This band, called Minyo Crusaders, has that irresistible Colombian sound down pat., which is impressive, and surprising, given that they’re from Japan. This is an old Japanese folk song, "Kushimoto Bushi," an example of the classical folk music, or Minyo, of Japan. The Minyo Crusaders combine this folk song and set it to cumbia, which is just one of the surprises in our Weekly Music Roundup.