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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

is your neighborhood reporter for Robstown and western Nueces County. This style of music will get you on your feet! We're talking about Cumbia. For this Hispanic Heritage Month, we show you how it's ...

This is a band that was put together by Will Holland. The English DJ moved to Colombia to explore the roots of Colombian music. Late last year he put together a compilation called The Original Sound ...

Cumbia, the traditional Latin American dance and folk music genre, has been declared part of the national cultural heritage of Colombia. The status was declared by the country’s Minister of Culture, ...

Cumbia is often something you hear before you know its name. It arrives early, at family parties, backyard gatherings, long afternoons that stretch into the night, folded into the background of daily ...

Cumbia comes from Colombia, but the whole world has adopted it. Few musical genres express the Latino heart as well as cumbia Monica Vaca, left, Ana Mendieta, and Carla Teran, all of Naples, Florida, ...

Local supergroup embodies the San Diego-Tijuana region with a fresh cumbia sound and danceable songs in a forthcoming new album. In the latest installment of our KPBS Summer Music Series, we feature a ...

Get those hips ready to shake and sway because a weeklong celebration of cumbia music is coming to Los Angeles in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. “Cumbia is one of the most listened to forms of ...

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, ...