Colombia’s musical porridge is a steamy mix of African instrumentation and rhythm, European melodies and indigenous Andean sounds. Cumbia, a salsa-like music and dance form that emerged on Colombia’s ...

Editor's note: Alt.Latino is spending two weeks in Colombia with the PBS television program Music Voyager to document the country's vibrant music scene. Here is the first dispatch, with more stories, ...

Among the numerous cultural attractions that Colombia has to offer, music is possibly the most representative. A long list of dances and musical styles are part of Colombian heritage and remain, to ...