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Within Colombia, the term Música popular (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmusika popuˈlaɾ], 'popular music') is often used to refer to a folk music genre originated between the 1930s and 1940s in the Paisa Region, in the northwestern part of the country, influenced primarily by Mexican folk music, as well as Argentinian, Ecuadorian and Peruvian to a lesser degree. [1]
The Antigua and Barbuda international music festival, Romantic Rhythms, is a new addition to the summer line-up that peaks in August at the notorious Carnival celebrations. Geared to becoming a competing counterpart to the Carnival, the festival could eventually become the leading musical event in the entire Caribbean region.
The music event Rock al Parque celebrated yearly in Bogotá is the largest free rock festival in Latin America; around 100 bands playing their music along 3 days and 400,000 people in attendance. Currently, Doctor Krápula , a rock band with strong ska influences that is known for making covers of traditional Latin American songs, enjoys great ...
música colombiana – Colombian music, formerly understood to refer to música andina in the 19th and early 20th century, when that style was perceived as a national music; baile de cuota – A type of dance party in Cali's working-class neighborhoods during the mid-20th century [1] cuatro – A small guitar, used in llanera [2]
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La Sonora Dinamita is a Colombian [1] and Mexican [2] [3] [4] musical group that plays cumbia, a Tropical music genre from Colombia but popular throughout Latin America. As one of the first cumbia groups to reach international success, it is credited with helping to popularize the genre throughout Latin America and the world.
"La Ruana" is a Colombian bambuco song written by José Macías y Luis Carlos González. [1] [2] [3] It was popularized in a recording from the 1950s by Obdulio y Julián.Viva Music Colombia rated the song No. 5 on its list of the 100 most important Colombian songs of all time. [4]
Leonor González Mina was a reference of cultural identity, Valluna and Colombian, that for more than 60 years of a successful artistic career took the Afro-Pacific culture to many areas of the planet. She demonstrated all the rhythms of Colombian culture, from a cumbia to a bambuco, her life and work was a legacy of musical identity and nation.