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 ...

This week, we dive into Cumbia music as part of SK Pop's 'Unheard Genres' series. Salsa, tango and mambo are familiar words to most. They refer to a signature dance, usually accompanied by an equally ...

The raw, soulful, ubiquitous sound of cumbia is one that we Angelenos should all be familiar with. Born in the barrios of Colombia in the 1950s, the origins of the cumbia can be traced back even ...

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: ...

Latin pride, psychedelic cumbia, and charity join together at Cumbia Libre, a benefit concert to support emergency relief in Venezuela. Bogotá’s buzzy psych-cumbia group, Romperayo Sound System, ...

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United... This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across ...

Bomba Estereo's lead vocalist, Liliana Saumet, grew up on Colombia's Atlantic Coast. It's where cumbia was born. "I can feel when I sing the cumbia, because it's my origin, my family, my everything," ...

Cumbia, the traditional Latin American dance and folk music genre, has been declared part of the national cultural heritage of Colombia. The status was declared by the country’s Minister of Culture, ...

is your neighborhood reporter for Robstown and western Nueces County. This style of music will get you on your feet! We're talking about Cumbia. For this Hispanic Heritage Month, we show you how it's ...

The vibrant, ubiquitous sound of cumbia is one that we Angelenos should all be familiar with. Born in the barrios of Colombia in the 1950s, the origins of cumbia can be traced back even further to the ...

Get those hips ready to shake and sway because a weeklong celebration of cumbia music is coming to Los Angeles in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month. “Cumbia is one of the most listened to forms of ...

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 ...