Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez once said that One Hundred Years of Solitude was a 400-page Vallenato: a traditional music of Colombia's Caribbean coast. The songs are mini-epics, filled with ...
In 1994, Carlos Vives was at a crossroads. He had become an overnight sensation, following the 1993 release of his album Clásicos de la Provincia, where he recorded cover versions of classic ...
A recent song’s explicit lyrics have prompted criticism that the music promotes harmful stereotypes about Colombia. By Genevieve Glatsky Reporting from Bogotá, Colombia “A mamacita since she was 14,” ...