Roberto C. López is a Colombian-Canadian composer, musician and producer from Montreal, Quebec, whose style blends Afro-Colombian rhythms such as cumbia, porró, mapalé, chandé, champeta and currulao with urban styles such as funk, jazz, rock and afrobeat.
(2006) and Soy Panamericano (2009),[2] In 2012 he released Azul with the Roberto López Afro-Colombian Jazz Orchestra.
[5] He was one of the composers of the music for the MLB Front Office Manager video game.
[7] He received a Juno Award nomination for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2011 for Soy Panamericano,[8] a GAMIQ nomination for World Music Album of the Year in 2010 for Soy Panamericano[9] and in 2012 for Azul,[10] a Prix Félix nomination for World Music Album of the Year in 2013 for Azul[11] and in 2018 for Criollo Electrik.
[12] Nominated at the Canadian Folk Music Award for World Artist of the Year - Group at the 6th Canadian Folk Music Awards for Soy Panamericano in 2010[13] and at the 8th Canadian Folk Music Awards for Azul in 2012,[14] and for Best Instrumental Solo Artist at the 13th Canadian Folk Music Awards in 2017 for Criollo Electrik.