Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Photo illustration by Diana Ramirez / De Los; photos by Claudio Cruz/ Associated Press) Colombian folk music icon Totó La ...

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 ...

It's been more than 20 years since Isaías Guerrero and his family left Colombia. Like many others, the armed conflict and economic turmoil there prompted them to make their way to the United States.

Celebrated Colombian folk singer who introduced her country’s music to an international audience ...

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 ...

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United... This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across ...

Colombian folk music icon Totó La Momposina, known as the “Queen of Cumbia,” has died. She was 85. The Colombian Ministry of Culture announced the lauded vocalist’s death Tuesday morning. “Today we ...

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 ...