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The remnants of Monterrey’s socialist party are holed up in Cafe Nuevo Brasil drinking Bohemias and plotting Mexico’s next revolution. The jukebox blurts out another hit by Colombian diva Shakira, ...

Bardo Martinez is the singer, guitar player, keyboardist, and occasional accordionist for Chicano Batman, as well as a former member of Buyepongo. He speaks now about the cultural context of Colombian ...

The vibrant, 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 cumbia can be traced back even further to the ...

With the male gaita, a Colombian reed flute, in his left hand, Kiko Villamizar beckons the drummers with an airy looping riff. The male gaita’s job is to ground —to “hold the seeds of the group in the ...

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 ...

After months of traveling, taping special shows and other diversions, Alt.Latino co-host Jasmine Garsd and I were finally able to start exploring the CDs waiting for us at home. The first batch we ...

The Afrocumbia All Star Vol. 2 festival will bring hip shaking Afro-Colombian vibes to Bogota’s Metro Theater June 15. This year’s event features four of the brightest acts in cumbia, a musical genre ...

Dancers at a sound system event.(Photo Livia Radwanski.) Australian producer Moses Iten fell in love with cumbia—a style of music that originated in Colombia before conquering the rest of Latin ...