This style takes the soulful, storytelling lyrics and accordion leads of Vallenato and accelerates them with the percussion-heavy, danceable rhythm of Cumbia (specifically Cumbia Sonidera). They are famous in the "Sonidero" culture of Mexico and the working-class neighborhoods of Colombia.
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But this group, formed in the steamy backstreets of Sincelejo in 1974, refused the binary. Led by the visionary accordionist and the gravel-voiced bass singer Roberto "La Sombra" Mendoza , they invented a hybrid they cheekily called Cumbiato .
