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. Luciano Rombolá, host of ...

The holidays have crept up on us. Stores have feverishly rolled out their Christmas decor, and the smell of cinnamon has replaced pumpkin spice. KOST-FM (103.5) switches to strictly holiday music on ...

Once the soundtrack of the working class, cumbia's simple, yet contagious, rhythm absorbed local styles, morphed, and reinvented itself. It has traveled underground through the veins of Latin America ...

On July 28, North Miami was treated to a debut performance by Cumbiamba, an ambitious nine-piece local Cumbia band. The group performed at Four’s Fiestas Patrias event, celebrating Peru’s Independence ...

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 ...

Born and raised in San Antonio, Vanita Leo self-identifies as a quintessential working-class "Hot Cheeto Girl" from the 210, who just so happens to make Cumbia-pop music with some of the most lush-and ...