Let’s face it: cumbia (traditional or not) can be really cheesy. So thank God for the fusionistas. The good ones, that is. What follows is only my personal top 10 and a good representation of artists ...

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," ...

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 ...

Colombian folk music icon Totó La Momposina, known as the “Queen of Cumbia,” has died. She was 85. The Colombian Ministry of ...

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 ...

The raw, soulful, ubiquitous sound of cumbia is one that we Angelenos should all be familiar with. Born in the barrios of Colombia in the 1950s, the origins of the cumbia can be traced back even ...

The scene outside of The Regent in downtown Los Angeles on a recent Saturday night, is wild. The venue, which holds a thousand people, is sold out and the gaggle of goths waiting to get inside is ...

This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre alive. All dance was seen as ...