Lido Pimienta

Biography

Lido Pimienta is a Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter from Barranquilla, based in Toronto, who fuses cumbia, bullerengue and Afro-Colombian rhythms with synth-pop and electronic production. Her debut 'Color' appeared in 2010, and her self-produced 'La Papessa' (2016), a feminist reckoning with abuse and water rights, won the Polaris Music Prize. 'Miss Colombia' (2020) on #ANTI- Records# earned Grammy and Latin Grammy nominations, and she remains a leading voice of the Latin diaspora in Canada.