Colombia’s annual vallenato festival set for 50th edition
Colombia’s annual festival dedicated to the folkloric vallenato genre will celebrate the...
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Colombia mourns loss of rising star in yet another traffic tragedy
Colombia over the weekend mourned the loss of Martin Elias, a rising music star who died in an...
UNESCO declares Colombia’s vallenato genre endangered cultural heritage
Colombia’s traditional Vallenato music is Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent...
Colombia vallenato legend Enrique Diaz dies, aged 69
Colombian vallenato singer, accordionist, and composer Enrique Diaz died in the early hours of...
Colombia wants UN to declare vallenato music cultural heritage
The government partitioned the Colombian music style vallenato to UNESCO’s cultural heritage...
Colombia’s Vallenato Festival crowns new king
Colombia’s famous Vallenato Legend Festival on Wednesday crowned talented accordion player...
46th Vallenato Festival returns to Valledupar
The Vallenato Legend festival, one of Colombia’s biggest popular culture events, will return to the city of Valledupar in the northern Colombian department of Cesar between April 26 and 30. The festival was founded in 1968...
Colombian Vallenato star emerges from surgery
Colombia’s famous Vallenato singer Diomendes Diaz had a successful surgery after surviving a serious car crash, reported local media Monday. The famous Colombian singer underwent surgery to drain blood from his lungs,...
Vallenato hero Diomedes Diaz in car crash
Vallenato hero Diomedez Diaz was taken to a hospital in the north of Colombia Tuesday after a car accident. The car in which the iconic singer was transported reportedly crashed in a rural area just north of the city of...
Diomedes Diaz releases new music video
Fans of Colombian vallenato singer Diomedes Diaz will see him star in his first music video in 15 years. The song, “El Pajuate,” is the second single to be released as part of Diaz’ new album “Con Mucho...
Colombian artist Fonseca debuts new video
Colombian artist Foncesca debuted the music video for his latest single “Eres mi Sueño” (You’re my Dream) Wednesday. The track is the second single from Foncesca’s fourth studio album...
Colombia crowns new Vallenato King
Colombia Monday named a new Vallenato King at the 45th annual Festival de la Leyenda Vallenato in Valledupar. Fernando Rangel Molina took the crown five years after winning the Junior King title at the event in northern Cesar...
