On July 28, North Miami was treated to a debut performance by Cumbiamba, an ambitious nine-piece local Cumbia band. The group performed at Four’s Fiestas Patrias event, celebrating Peru’s Independence ...

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 ...

Chuck Prophet remembers the day he started listening to cumbia, the Latin American musical style that forms the backbone of his new album Wake the Dead. It was probably 10 years ago, and Prophet was ...

Cumbia is often something you hear before you know its name. It arrives early, at family parties, backyard gatherings, long afternoons that stretch into the night, folded into the background of daily ...

This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries developed over several years, covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre ...

Spaghetti Cumbia poses for a portrait at Vasquez Rocks in northern LA County on March 26, 2022. The band created their own sub-genre by combining cumbia with western styles and rock and roll. This is ...