A passion for Colombian music has helped forge a unique identity in this Mexican city. It gives a distinctive folklore, aesthetic and way of life to the rough neighborhood of La Independencia Daniel ...

A fuzz guitar cuts through a cumbia groove. A small organ holds a single note like a guide. This is the sound that rose from the Andes in the late 60s and 70s. In Lima and across Colombia, young bands ...

This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries developed over several years, covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre ...

People dance at Brenda Cazárez’s 40th birthday party as Sonido Colombia plays music in the Privada Cusco neighborhood of Monterrey, Mexico, on Aug. 12, 2023. (Ivan Kashinsky) This is part of a special ...

Gaitero groups, dancers and the general public parade to the cemetery in San Jacinto, Colombia, on Aug. 14, 2022. This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across ...

Cuco turned Mexican Independence Day into a cumbia celebration Monday night at the Greek Theatre. The Chicano soul star lit up the sold-out Los Angeles venue in green, white, and red, as fans swayed ...

On July 28, North Miami was treated to a debut performance by Cumbiamba, an ambitious nine-piece local Cumbia band. The group performed at Four’s Fiestas Patrias event, celebrating Peru’s Independence ...

Peel back Colombian history a century or so, scratch around the coastal lowlands, and you’ll find a time and place before regional tropical-music genres had crystallized under the forces of Latin ...

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