Grupo Niche on Keeping Jairo Valero’s Legacy Alive, ‘Cali Pachanguero’ Success | Billboard News

Grupo Niche explains how they are preserving Jairo Varela’s legacy, their reasons for continuous touring and how each member preserves their unique essence. The band discusses the success of “Cali Pachanguero,” their acclaimed album Niche Sinfónico and winning a Grammy for it, and more!

Leila Cobo:
Hello, everyone. Today, we welcome at Billboard singers from Grupo Niche!

Grupo Niche:
Yeah, hurray!

You don’t know how excited I am to have you here because I grew up with Grupo Niche, because I never had you all sitting here. The last time I talked to Grupo Niche was with Jairo Warela.

Wow!

So it’s been a long time. So what are you doing in New York? Tell me.

We’re happy to bring our Pachanguero tour. We celebrate 40 years of this iconic song. This big tour started in Australia. We went to Europe, Central America and America, and now we are in North America, sharing this beautiful legacy with you that master Jairo Varela and his Grupo Niche left us.

Now, I think you’re touring more than ever. When Jairo was alive, he played all weekends, but now I get the feeling that Niche … I get the press releases and I say, “These people don’t stop!” What happened? Why are people so excited with Niche after so long? 

Thank God. It’s a blessing. The truth is we enjoy so much. As you said, our schedule begins and ends in January. We make our bags, we left in January and next January, we just exchange bags. We always make jokes about it, but it’s true. We really enjoy the love of all Nichistas worldwide. 

Nichistas?

Nichistas. 

That’s new for me. 

Those are Grupo Niche fans. Are you Nichista? 

I am mega Nichista, darling!

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