Peruvian cumbia pioneers Los Mirlos made their Tiny Desk debut Thursday, bringing the psychedelic sounds and visual ...

The Mexican band Son Rompe Pera may have the first marimbas that you can mosh to. Led by brothers Mongo and Kacho Gama, the ...

Installation view of Pioneros Vallenatos y Tropicales; The Story of Toño Estrada at LaPau Gallery, 2022 (courtesy LaPau Gallery, photo by Jorge Balleza) LOS ANGELES — A tiny room at the back of a ...

"Nowhere else have I heard a rhythm like this, a sound like this,” declares the mega-viral Argentine artist L-Gante, poster child for the new, cannabis-infused musical style born in the favelas that’s ...

The Hollywood hills are alive, once again, with the dance rhythms of cumbia. Noche de Cumbia is back and bigger than ever, with shows at both the Hollywood Bowl and the Ford. The two-night concert ...

For more than a year now little bits of cumbia detritus have been washing up on our screens from all corners—white labels from SF’s Bersa Discos label, uncredited cumbia crunk border radio-style party ...

Chuck Prophet remembers the day he started listening to cumbia, the Latin American musical style that forms the backbone of his new album Wake the Dead. It was probably 10 years ago, and Prophet was ...

Estevie is bringing the cumbia norteñas of the early 2000s back. On Thursday, the Mexican-American star premieres the music video of her single “Como Yo” with Rolling Stone, ahead of the release of ...

Bomba Estereo's lead vocalist, Liliana Saumet, grew up on Colombia's Atlantic Coast. It's where cumbia was born. "I can feel when I sing the cumbia, because it's my origin, my family, my everything," ...

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POWER OF PRAYER While battling health issues, cumbia music and the band ¿Qiensave? lifted Chuck Prophet’s spirits. (Photo by Kory Thibeault) The songs on Chuck Prophet’s new release, Wake the Dead, ...

This episode originally aired Feb. 18, 2015. Whether you're in a convenience store in Ushuaia, the southernmost tip of Argentina, Mexico City or East L.A., you're likely to hear cumbia blaring from a ...