Herbamora
Herbamora is the group that revolutionized the Asturian tambourine. The formation was born in 2003, when six women percussionists and singers linked to traditional culture joined with a goal: to give a new air to the world of the tambourine and take it out of the stereotypes in which it was relegated.
Thus they debuted with ¡Sali, L.luna! , a work with songs that range from fusion with jazz, funk, and rock to tradition in its purest state. With it they won the Prize for Best Singing in Asturian Language and obtained nominations in the AMAS Awards. In 2013, they published N’Acústicu , a much more naked EP musically, but composed with great delicacy and sensitivity. In 2024, their third work 286 Llunes demonstrated why they continue to be the revolutionaries of the tambourine, bringing to the present what the Asturian grandmothers sang, highlighting the importance of self-love, female empowerment, and the power of sisterhood in an individualistic and heteropatriarchal society.
The wait has been worth it, because, as Herbamora themselves say:
" We come back more secure and with more force. It was eleven years of silence to come back making noise in the best way we know: playing and singing".