Before "Noche de Cumbia" was even a concept, Mario Rodríguez and his wife, Elizabeth, hosted a series of shows featuring Houston musician Gio Chamba, a mixture of electro-psychedelic rock and cumbia - ...
Some of Raquel Pacheco’s favorite childhood memories are of family trips to Mexico City. The relatives they visited there were deeply religious and, as the cultural anthropologist recalled, not ...
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 ...
Before they settled on a name, Fernando Hernandez and Tomas Monarrez called an early iteration of their band Los Pochos, Mexican slang for immigrants to the United States who no longer speak perfect ...
It’s been more than 20 years since Isaías Guerrero and his family left Colombia. Like many others, the armed conflict and economic turmoil there prompted them to make their way to the United States.
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 stereo. In Latin America, no musical style ...