La Morena del Chicamocha - Árbol en pie

“I have always been stubborn, and that stubbornness has taken me everywhere,” are the words Magdalena uses to define herself. In her story, this stubbornness does not necessarily carry a negative connotation, as it has led her to ask questions, to build her identity, to explore her roots, and to question a social system that is not always kind to trans and racialized people. This search runs through each of her songs, music that she has chosen to call bullerengue afrotravesti.

Source: https://www.pressreader.com/colombia/el-espectador/20260117/281844355032714

La Morena del Chicamocha - ¡Que se prenda la bulla!

‘¡Que se prenda la bulla!’ represents the culmination of an ancestral trans journey that evokes the Chicamocha Canyon, the Magdalena River, and its meeting with the Caribbean Sea as places that allow unexpected transitions: joys and sorrows are recounted through the powerful voice of the Afro-trans singer-songwriter La Morena del Chicamocha.

To traverse the territory as one traverses the body, through dance and the beat of the drum.

This musical performance is an excuse to evoke the memory of those who are no longer among us and call them through the lereos, wapirreos, and verses that transcend the boundaries of death.

Source: https://www.teatromayor.org/es/evento/musica/la-morena-del-chicamocha-14287?function=3051

La Morena del Chicamocha

This musical project, led since 2017 by the Afro-trans singer-songwriter Magdalena Moreno, presents a distinct approach to traditional music, where narratives in embodied presence take precedence as a way to include and vindicate the role of diverse bodies. Its sound represents a young, inclusive, gender-conscious, and contemporary approach, allowing a better understanding of the modernity in traditional music. Moreover, this project promotes the space for teaching, creation, and promotion of the oral and musical heritage of sung dances through training workshops that, from various narrative perspectives, uphold the traditional music of the Caribbean and Afro-Colombian regions.

Source: https://www.teatromayor.org/es/evento/musica/la-morena-del-chicamocha-14287?function=3051