Hailing from Medellín, Colombia, Andrea Tierra blends Latin American rhythms with jazz and poetry to create a one-of-a-kind musical experience. Her songs focus on love, life, and the land (Tierra is Spanish for “Earth”). Her new project is a quartet that includes exotic instruments in which she creates poetry that draws upon Latin rhythms, including cumbia, bambuco, and joropo (Colombia); zamba (Argentina); lando (Peru); bossa nova and samba (Brazil), and flamenco (Spain).
Tierra’s first CD, Melodía Verde (2008), is a trip around Latin America with a New York sensibility. Two years before that, she released her first book of poetry called Canto (Singing), mixing her Colombian roots with her adopted US culture. She has performed at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and festivals throughout Colombia, Uruguay, Panama, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Austria. She has also appeared at such venues as Jazz at Lincoln Center, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Kennedy Center, the Blue Note, and Madison Square Garden, among others.