Legendary guitarist José Luis Carballo in Huntington Park. (Raul Roa/Los Angeles Times) This Sunday, José Luis Carballo will be the central figure of the “Tribute to Peruvian cumbia” segment included ...

NMAIMAI copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "When thinking of indigenous music, many people may imagine acoustic instruments and pastoral settings far removed from the whirl ...

In a multifaceted career that has drawn influences from traditional Peruvian highlands music to cumbia, pop, surfer rock and psychedelic rock, Carballo also is renowned throughout Latin America as the ...