In her native Colombia Toto La Momposina is a cantadora, a diva. She is celebrated as a great singer and performer and, more than that, as a champion of Colombian culture. Born into the fourth generation of a family of musicians on the island of Mompos, off the Caribbean coast of Colombia, she grew up with various styles of Colombian folk and popular music, especially cumbia. As an adult, she has studied Colombian literature, dance and music, taught them, and dedicated herself to keeping them vital to the life of the country and to Colombians living abroad. Through her recordings and concerts Toto La Momposina has become well known to Europeans and North Americans as well.
Containing 17 tracks, Evolucion is a retrospective of the first 20 years of La Momposina's recording career, 1983 to 2003.