Growing up, Julián Cedillo listened to a lot of Latin music. With a mother from Argentina and a father from Mexico, Spanish rock ballads and Tejano tracks were a staple in his Fort Worth home. Now, ...
Welcome to Como Somos, a recurring series about Latinx music in North Texas that was originally published on the website Central Track. Como Somos, a phrase that translates to “as we are” in Spanish, ...
Edmundo Gómez Moreno spent 11 months as a project manager and systems engineer helping NASA build nano-satellites in Mexico. But in 2015, he could not find a job in the U.S. “I had letters of support ...
This week, we dive into Cumbia music as part of SK Pop's 'Unheard Genres' series. Salsa, tango and mambo are familiar words to most. They refer to a signature dance, usually accompanied by an equally ...
Whether you're from Ushuaia or East Los Angeles, you've likely heard cumbia blaring from a stereo. From our play friends at NPR's Alt.Latino,... Cumbia: The musical backbone of Latin America Cumbia: ...
Like most folk music traditions, cumbia is based on improvisation and collaboration and centred around a shared dance culture. African slaves, indigenous people and working class Spanish migrants were ...
is your neighborhood reporter for Robstown and western Nueces County. This style of music will get you on your feet! We're talking about Cumbia. For this Hispanic Heritage Month, we show you how it's ...
Cumbia comes from Colombia, but the whole world has adopted it. Few musical genres express the Latino heart as well as cumbia Monica Vaca, left, Ana Mendieta, and Carla Teran, all of Naples, Florida, ...
In 2015, local producer and DJ Erick Jaimez launched Sonidero Saturdays at Deep Ellum's Café Salsera. It quickly became a hit. Jaimez, who is known in Dallas for his crunk cumbia, or cumbia mixed with ...