Dear far out friends,

Even though posts on this site have been infrequent, the Wandering Rhythms weekly radio show has never missed a beat.  Recent trips through the soundscapes of North Korea, North Ireland, Dominican Republic, and the Cook Islands have kept me inspired in this weekly journey of ever-changing musicians.

But this is something personal, the project that has been my other musical obsession for the past two years.  This band is the embodiment of the music I like to play most on this show; a wild multicultural mashup of styles that never settle into a single rhythm.  We are nine musicians from Mexico, Russia, and Canada that play progressive latin music, jumping from dub to rock, funk to reggaeton, but always settling back into cumbia.  We are Mngwa, and we call our music Vancumbia.

Here is our first music video, shot entirely on Kingsway, home to many immigrant communities and also the oldest strip in Vancouver:

And here is our debut record, the first ever Wandering Rhythms production.