Mexican rapper Santa Fe Klan takes a turn in his career with the release of Baile Cholo, a cumbia vallenata album featuring ...

The cumbia sonidera group extend its span of hits to 24 years. By Pamela Bustios Sr. Charts & Data Analyst (Latin & Billboard Español) “La Cumbia Triste” is a cause for celebration for Los Ángeles ...

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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 stereo. In Latin America, no musical style ...

The Hollywood hills are alive, once again, with the dance rhythms of cumbia. Noche de Cumbia is back and bigger than ever, with shows at both the Hollywood Bowl and the Ford. The two-night concert ...

"Nowhere else have I heard a rhythm like this, a sound like this,” declares the mega-viral Argentine artist L-Gante, poster child for the new, cannabis-infused musical style born in the favelas that’s ...

On stage, Aniceto Molina and his group are the embodiment of cool, what with their non-stop energy and nonchalant demeanor. This vibe translates well to his recorded music: rhythmic, fast-paced ...

Vanita Leo’s singles sound like falling asleep one night in 1994 with hip-hop station KTFM on in your bedroom and Tejano radio mainstay KTXN bleeding in from the pachanga in the next room. Credit: ...

Peel back Colombian history a century or so, scratch around the coastal lowlands, and you’ll find a time and place before regional tropical-music genres had crystallized under the forces of Latin ...

Rodolfo “Fito” Olivares, the cumbia legend behind quinceañera dancefloor hits including “Juana La Cubana” and “El Colesterol” with his band Grupo La Pura Sabrosura, died Friday at age 75 after ...

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 ...

“The people were dancing crazy. I couldn't believe what I was seeing,” recalled Pedro Canale — better known as Chancha Via Circuito — of his first Los Angeles show. “It looked like a party in Buenos ...