Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez once said that One Hundred Years of Solitude was a 400-page Vallenato: a traditional music of Colombia's Caribbean coast. The songs are mini-epics, filled with ...

Jordan Salama - Author of Every Day the River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena Carlos Vives performed onstage during the world premiere of Walt Disney Animation Studios' Encanto at El Capitan ...

Acclaimed Colombian singer Sebastián Yatra remembers not knowing what to expect when he received a song recorded by Lin-Manuel Miranda titled "Dos Oruguitas," which means two caterpillars in Spanish.

A historic moment occurred in Colombia in late 2024 when Heredero (real name Féizar Orjuela), the carranga music artist, achieved a major hit with his song “Coqueta”. The song not only became a huge ...

When he began working on the music for Disney’s animated film Encanto five years ago, Lin-Manuel Miranda admits he didn’t know all that much about Colombian music. “I had a beginner’s understanding, ...

The Petronio Alvarez Festival has been the biggest source of income for artists, cooks and vendors in the Pacific region. But some critics say... Welcome to 'El Petronio,' the biggest celebration of ...

One expects a Disney animated film to have great music. But when the setting is outside the United States, it’s especially crucial that the musical backdrop be true to the locale. Composer Germaine ...

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 ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Performing at this year’s Festival International, Kombilesa Mi fuses traditional Colombian beats with the Afro influence of the Palenque culture. Hailing from San Basilio de ...

Anchor and Correspondent, "CBS News 24/7" Lilia Luciano is an award-winning journalist and CBS News 24/7 anchor and correspondent based in New York City. Luciano is the recipient of multiple ...

Protesters block an intersection in Bogota, Colombia earlier in 2021. This is the second of two reports on a potent new synergy between protests and protest music in Latin America, from Cuba to ...

Unidad Deportiva Alberto Galindo, a sports complex in Cali, Colombia, is home to what is affectionately called "El Petronio." For the last 27 years, hundreds of thousands of people have traveled to ...