Miss Colombia

Lido Pimienta’s public profile has grown dramatically since the release of her 2016 album La Papessa. After nearly 10 years as an independent artist in both her native Colombia and in Canada, where she has been based since 2005, Pimienta beat out marquee names like Leonard Cohen, Feist, and BADBADNOTGOOD for the Polaris Music Prize in 2017. La Papessa was the first independently-released “foreign language” (i.e. not French or English) album to win the award. One year later, Pimienta was signed by the U.S. label ANTI-, the home of Mavis Staples, Neko Case, Calexico and other indie all-stars.