The Alt.Latino crew stops by Weekend Edition Sunday to talk about one of Latin music's most pervasive rhythms. Cumbia: The Music That Moves Latin America Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Jasmine ...
Edmundo Gómez Moreno spent 11 months as a project manager and systems engineer helping NASA build nano-satellites in Mexico. But in 2015, he could not find a job in the U.S. “I had letters of support ...
From joint EPs in the Música Mexicana realm to massive growth in salsa music, check out the trends we're expecting to take over this year below. You know what they say: new year, new music! In ...
Artists Grupo 5, Bebeshito, Guayanaa, Luck Ra, and Olga Tañón discuss the booming genres of cumbia and tropical music presented by Andrea Ramírez PR More from Billboard ...
This week, we dive into Cumbia music as part of SK Pop's 'Unheard Genres' series. Salsa, tango and mambo are familiar words to most. They refer to a signature dance, usually accompanied by an equally ...
Over the last 35 years, Mexico’s Los Ángeles Azules has become one of the country’s top-selling bands using something of a radical strategy: introducing new generations to cumbia, the style of dance ...
Long before she separated from her husband and moved to Bogota to take care of her two granddaughters, Sandra Alayon-Stanton’s grandmother lived in the Colombian countryside. She worked hard on her ...
People often say cumbia is one of the best vehicles for communicating the Hispanic culture and identity. While its history can be traced back to African and Germanic influences, Colombia is where this ...