Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that cumbia originated from Colombian folk dance. The Corpus Christi Hooks will soon take on a new name, the Corpus Christi Cumbias, for a weekend ...

Hair-raising gritos and "ay ay ay" chants from the cumbia circle aren't just background noise. They're part of what makes Fiesta, San Antonio's 11-day annual party, feel like a citywide family party.

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 ...

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Let’s face it: cumbia (traditional or not) can be really cheesy. So thank God for the fusionistas. The good ones, that is. What follows is only my personal top 10 and a good representation of artists ...

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 ...

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 ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Cumbia, a traditional Latin American musical genre, often features the accordion, marimba and the guacharaca. A new generation has added hip-hop, ...

Every year he rises from the pumpkin patch ...