For more than a year now little bits of cumbia detritus have been washing up on our screens from all corners—white labels from SF’s Bersa Discos label, uncredited cumbia crunk border radio-style party ...

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 ...

Welcome to Como Somos, a recurring series about Latinx music in North Texas that was originally published on the website Central Track. Como Somos, a phrase that translates to “as we are” in Spanish, ...

Installation view of Pioneros Vallenatos y Tropicales; The Story of Toño Estrada at LaPau Gallery, 2022 (courtesy LaPau Gallery, photo by Jorge Balleza) LOS ANGELES — A tiny room at the back of 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 ...

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 ...

This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries developed over several years, covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre ...

This Saturday, Argentine electronic cumbia producer Chancha Via Circuito plays downtown L.A., with San Jose’s Turbo Sonidero opening. Together, they showcase the latest chapter in cumbia’s evolution ...