MIAMI (AP) – The members of the little-known Colombian salsa band are clueless as to how an obscure song they recorded more than a decade ago landed on a Spotify playlist curated by President Barack ...
ALICE FORDHAM, BYLINE: Cali is an enchanting place circled by verdant mountains, dotted with palm trees and famed for its love of salsa music and dance. They call it the capital of salsa. CRISTINA ...
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian singer and composer Joe Arroyo, one of the leading lights of the Andean nation's music scene since the 1970s, died on Tuesday from multiple organ failure, a medical clinic ...
Exploring the incredible yet underappreciated work of Colombian composer and experimental pioneer Jacqueline Nova, who ...
Colombian salsa legend Alvaro Jose Arroyo, known as Joe Arroyo, died at the age of 55 after health complications stemming from a heart attack. The salsero blended salsa, merengue, soca, kompa, zouk ...
Until recently, Colombian percussionist and bandleader Clodomiro Montes made a decent living doing what he loves best: playing a soulful repertoire of Afro-Caribbean hits at restaurants and nightclubs ...
Cali, COLOMBIA — It’s a long way to go for dance lessons, but that’s why French law student Graziella Giacomarra has traveled 6,000 miles to Cali, to learn some of salsa’s most intricate and ...
The point of a tradition is that it's been around a while. It's part of a cultural identity. But sometimes, digging around in a tradition's history reveals tangled roots, as Alice Fordham found in the ...
Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Copyright 2024 NPR The city of Cali, Colombia, is known for great salsa music — and, in the past ...