Vallenato legend Diomedes Diaz dies at 56
Diomedes Diaz, one of the most polemic composers and singers of the Colombian vallenato genre, died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack.
Diomedes Diaz, one of the most polemic composers and singers of the Colombian vallenato genre, died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack.
Colombia’s capital Bogota on Thursday revealed a statue of Nobel Prize laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez in the honor of Colombia’s most famous living writer.
Colombia is seeking UNESCO’s recognition of the folkloric music genre of vallenato as cultural heritage, President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday.
A documentary on a Colombian mining town has been selected to take part in the competition for US documentaries at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
Colombia’s State Council ruled Tuesday that, contrary to a municipal cancellation of next January’s event in a northern Colombian town, popular “Corralejas” bull fighting cannot be banned according to the…
Colombia’s Carlos Vives, known for fusing traditional Colombian music with contemporary rock, took home 3 Latin Grammys Thursday night in his musical comeback.
Colombia’s 7th Annual Memory Week opened in six cities Monday, kicking off a 12-day schedule of cultural and academic events pertaining to the history of the country’s decades-long armed conflict.
An investigation team led by a Russian mathematician and a Colombian electronic engineer are traveling the world to document persons who had an important influence on Colombia’s heritage of classical music.
Colombian architect Juan Isaza has won one of three international prizes for a “Design for Death Architecture” for designing a China-inspired cemetery of lights that could be built in Colombia’s…