TINDER HEARTH EVENTS

Come dance at Tinder Hearth to the one and only Beto Jamaica Rey Vallenato and his band — the Vallenato king from Colombia!

Alberto “Beto” Jamaica is one of the leading vallenato and cumbia players in Colombia. Since winning the prestigious Leyenda Vallenata Festival competition in 2006 he has become known as Rey Vallenato Colombia (“The Vallenato King”). His music is a vibrant mix of cumbia, paseo, porro all wrapped into his infectious accordion driven vallenato.

Doors open at 5PM, with pizza and drinks available for purchase. Music starts at 7PM. Children 13 and under get in free. We recommend getting tickets now—if we sell out online, we will not be able to have much available at the door. Please call us if you would rather not purchase tickets online.

We plan to be outside, please dress appropriately! The will take place in the barn in the case of inclement weather. Chairs are available as needed, but the space will be arranged primarily for dancing.

More about Vallenato and the band from their website:

Vallenato is one of Colombia’s most popular folk musics. Native to Colombia’s Caribbean Coast it literally translates as “born in the valley”, the valley being the one found between Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Serranía de Perijá.

Originally the music of herders who combined the tradition of Spanish juglares or minstrels with the griot tradition of West Africa, vallenato historically served a dual purpose. As they traveled from village to village the herders would entertain themselves by singing and playing guitars or the indigenous gaita flutes.

They would also use song to deliver news and messages to the villages. In the late 1800s accordion was introduced replacing the gaita. Vallenato encompasses a variety of rhythms: paseo vallenato, merengue, puya, son and tambora. Beto Jamaica contemporised the vallenato tradition by adding electric bass, congas and timbales to the traditional lineup of accordion, guacharaca (a tube-shaped percussion instrument scraped with a metal “fork”) and caja vallenata (small goat leather drum) while never losing sight of the music’s roots.

Beto and his band has performed in several renowned festivals as Rainforest World Music Festival Malaysia, Jarasum Jazz Festival Korea, Sunfest London Canada, River to River Festival New York, Sori Festival Korea, Globalquerque USA among others.

You can listen to the band at their website here, or on Spotify or Youtube, under Beto Jamaica Rey Vallenato.

Please contact us at tinderhearth@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.