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 ...

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 ...

The Alt.Latino crew stops by Weekend Edition Sunday to talk about one of Latin music's most pervasive rhythms. Cumbia: The Music That Moves Latin America Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Jasmine ...

Celebration of San Juanes in Cotacachi, province of Imbabura, Ecuador on July 1, 2024. The Cumbia Andina is a mixture of Indigenous rhythms from the north of the country, such as San Juanitos, played ...

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 ...

Cumbia is often something you hear before you know its name. It arrives early, at family parties, backyard gatherings, long afternoons that stretch into the night, folded into the background of daily ...

Whether you're from Ushuaia or East Los Angeles, you've likely heard cumbia blaring from a stereo. From our play friends at NPR's Alt.Latino,... Cumbia: The musical backbone of Latin America Cumbia: ...