Cumbancha

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title: "Cumbancha" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-record-labels", "record-labels-established-in-2006", "2006-establishments-in-vermont", "buildings-and-structures-in-charlotte,-vermont", "world-music-record-labels", "companies-based-in-vermont"] description: "American record label" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbancha" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American record label ::

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Field	Value
name	Cumbancha
founded	2006
founder	Jacob Edgar
country	United States
location	Charlotte, Vermont
url	cumbancha.com
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Cumbancha is a record label, booking agency and music publisher based in Charlotte, Vermont, United States. The company was founded by ethnomusicologist and music producer Jacob Edgar in 2006. In 2007, Cumbancha Music Publishing was established to expand opportunities for artists, helping them license songs to various movies, television programs, and advertisements, including Boyhood, Grey's Anatomy, and High Maintenance. Cumbancha Booking was founded in 2010 to book tours for artists on and off the label, bringing them to venues such as Hollywood Bowl, Montreal Jazz Festival, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Lincoln Center, Central Park SummerStage, and Austin City Limits. Artists on the label include The Idan Raichel Project, Habib Koité and Bamada, Rupa & the April Fishes, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars, The Touré-Raichel Collective, and Lakou Mizik, among many others. The name "Cumbancha" derives from the Cuban word of West African derivation meaning an impromptu musical gathering or party.

Awards

Cumbancha was awarded the Top Label Award by WOMEX in 2008.

Location

Cumbancha headquarters is located in Charlotte, Vermont, in a refurbished, solar-powered barn, which also contains the Putumayo World Music Archive. Sharing the property is Lane Gibson Recording & Mastering.

Releases

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Artist	Album	Release Date	Catalog Number
	Ska Cubano		¡Ay Caramba! (discontinued)
Idan Raichel Project	The Idan Raichel Project	November 7, 2006	CMB-CD-2
	Andy Palacio & The Garifuna Collective		Wátina (discontinued)
	Dobet Gnahore		Na Afriki
	Habib Koité		Afriki
	Umalali		The Garifuna Women's Project (discontinued)
	Rupa & the April Fishes		eXtraOrdinary rendition
	Chiwoniso Maraire		Rebel Woman
	Novalima		Coba Coba
	The Idan Raichel Project		Within My Walls
	Novalima		Coba Coba Remixed
Kimi Djabate	Karem	July 28, 2009	CMB-CD-12
	Sarazino		Ya Foy!
	Kailash Kher and Kailasa		Yatra (discontinued)
	Rupa & the April Fishes		Este mundo
Razia Said	Zebu Nation	February 23, 2010	CMB-CD-16
	Luísa Maita		Lero-Lero
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars	Rise & Shine	March 23, 2010	CMB-CD-18
	Sergent Garcia		Una y Otra Vez
	Bombino		Agadez
	The Touré-Raichel Collective		The Tel Aviv Session
	Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars		Radio Salone
	Sarazino		Everyday Salama
Kobo Town	Jumbie in the Jukebox (discontinued)	April 23, 2013	CMB-CD-25
Idan Raichel	Quarter to Six	June 2, 2013	CMB-CD-26
The Garifuna Collective	Ayó (discontinued)	July 2, 2013	CMB-CD-27
Danny Michel with The Garifuna Collective	Black Birds Are Dancing Over Me (discontinued)	July 2, 2013	CMB-CD-28
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate	Faya	February 18, 2014	CMB-CD-29
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars	Libation	March 18, 2014	CMB-CD-30
Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca	La Rumba SoYo	June 24, 2014	CMB-CD-31
The Touré-Raichel Collective	The Paris Session	September 30, 2014	CMB-CD-32
Razia Said	Akory (discontinued)	November 10, 2014	CMB-CD-33
Rocky Dawuni	Branches of the Same Tree	March 31, 2015	CMB-CD-34
Daby Touré	Amonafi	September 18, 2015	CMB-CD-35
Francesca Blanchard	deux visions	October 2, 2015	VAV-CD-60
Idan Raichel	At the Edge of the Beginning	January 22, 2016	CMB-CD-36
Joe Driscoll & Sekou Kouyate	Monistic Theory	May 13, 2016	CMB-CD-37
Lakou Mizik	Wa Di Yo	April 1, 2016	CMB-CD-38
Luísa Maita	Fio da Memória	September 23, 2016	CMB-CD-39
Idan Raichel	Idan Raichel – Piano – Songs	September 22, 2017	CMB-CD-40
	Luísa Maita		Maita Remixed
Various	Hear Globally: A Cumbancha Collection	April 7, 2009	CMB-CD-91
Sarazino	Mama Funny Day	September 28, 2018	CMB-CD-117
Idan Raichel	And If You Will Come To Me	January 31, 2019	CMB-CD-119
Lakou Mizik	HaitiaNola	October 25, 2019	CMB-CD-122
Dobet Gnahoré	Couleur	June 4, 2021	CMB-CD-145
Sangit	Studio Sessions	November 19, 2021	CMB-DIG-151
Kolonien	Till Skogen	April 22, 2022	CMB-CD-155
Mista Savona Presents: Havana Meets Kingston	Havana Meets Kingston Part 2	June 3, 2022	CMB-CD-156
Wesli	Tradisyon	October 21, 2022	CMB-CD-163
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References

References

1. "Travel Show Goes on Musical Journey".
2. "Publishing {{!}} Cumbancha {{!}} Record Label".
3. "Booking {{!}} Cumbancha {{!}} Record Label".
4. "Artists {{!}} Cumbancha {{!}} Record Label".
5. "Cumbancha - WOMEX".
6. "WOMEX Awards".
7. (13 November 2018). "Cumbancha's Solar Powered Recording Studio!".

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