CineMas Cool: 'The Accordion Kings' Celebrates The Famous Squeezebox

By Simone Hilliard

Grammy Award winner Carlos Vives and other musical greats journeyed to Colombia's Magdalena Valley to explore the infectious sounds of accordion players in "The Accordion Kings,"  an inside the music 90-minute docu-film.

The legendary "King of Kings" contest takes place once every ten years in the remote Magdalena Valley where local music is celebrated and the accordion is king. Colombia's top players descend on the Vallenato Festival, a six-day musical melting pot featuring Latin America's finest, where one lucky musician will win the ten-year squeezebox title.

"The Accordion Kings" captures the mesmerizing fusion of African, European and indigenous rhythms of Vallenato music, the blues of Colombia, and also features two songs from Carlos Vives' new album Classicos de la Provincia II.

During this documentary, you'll meet the players and hear their stories — including one special highlight on Yeime, a young girl who overcame cultural stereotypes to become the first woman to win the competition in over forty years.

"The Accordion Kings" airs this Sunday (August 1) at 8pm EST on the Smithsonian channel.

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