Three days of mourning and folkloric festivities commemorated the death of Diomedes Diaz — a legend of Colombia’s national treasure vallenato and yet an infinitely controversial figure — who died…
Diomedes Diaz, one of the most polemic composers and singers of the Colombian vallenato genre, died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack.
United States heavy metal band Metallica will be performing at Simon Bolivar Park in Bogota on March 16, 2014.
Colombia is seeking UNESCO’s recognition of the folkloric music genre of vallenato as cultural heritage, President Juan Manuel Santos said Thursday.
Silvestre Dangond, one of Colombia’s famous singers, announced that he and his family had to leave their country after being threatened on several occasions.
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.
The organizers of next year’s Estereo Picinic festival on Monday released the official list of artists, including the Pixies, Nine Inch Nails and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
It turns out that Canadian pop star Justin Bieber inspires just as much teen hormoning in Colombia as he does everywhere else he goes.
Returning from a world tour, including stops in Mexico, the electro-cumbia band, Bomba Estereo, is back in Colombia to release another highly anticipated video entitled “Pure Love.”