Nelson Pinedo, one of Colombia’s most significant musicians of the 20th century, died on Thursday in Valencia, Venezuela 17 days after suffering a stroke. He was 88 years old. Billo’s Caracas Boys Orchestra confirmed the…
Colombia is possibly least known for its rock n’ roll. However, in the mid 1960, a number of bands really put the country on the rock n’ roll map. Rock…
Singer Iggy Pop, seen by many as the father of punk rock, will be playing his first concert in Colombia’s capital Bogota.
The United Nations’ cultural organization UNESCO on Wednesday declared marimba music from Colombia’s Pacific Coast an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Colombia’s traditional Vallenato music is Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, according to UNESCO.
Calixto Ochoa, one of Colombia’s most iconic singers and influential composers of the past century, has died, local media reported Wednesday.
Colombia’s Bomba Estero and Monsieur Perine are among the nominees for this year’s Latin Grammy awards, the organizers of the awards announced Sunday.
One of the world’s most legendary rock bands in history, the Rolling Stones, will be performing in Bogota, and not in Medellin which had claimed to be “close” to signing the…
The organization of Lollapalooza announced that Colombia will have its own version of the music festival that has already been exported to Argentina, Germany, Chile and Brazil.