PREMIÈRE: Psychedelic Cumbia from Australia’s San Lazaro on New Single ‘La Ola’
Melbourne, Australia may not seem the obvious breeding ground for psychedelic cumbia inspired by the Colombian and Peruvian cumbia groups... Read Article
Discos Fuentes
Fania celebrates 50 years with events in NYC
Record labels—as in the actual sticker on vinyl records—were always fascinating to me as a kid, thanks to my dad’s... Read Article
Lisandro Meza: Legacy of a Cumbia Kingpin
“No, no, we’re inside the Gran Centro, not next to it!,” Lisandro shouts to me over the buzzy loudspeaker of... Read Article
REVIEW Cumbia Cumbia 1&2
One of the most important names in twentieth century popular Latin music is the legendary Discos Fuentes record label of... Read Article
First Songs from Quantic & Frente Cumbiero’s Ondatrópica Project
We were listening to a few new tracks on Soundcloud this morning when we saw in the corner of our... Read Article
World Circuit’s Cumbia Cumbia 1&2 Compilation Released Today
World Circuit Records released Cumbia Cumbia 1 & 2 today as a double CD and limited edition double LP. The... Read Article
Ondatrópica: Rejuvenating Colombia’s Tropical Music
I arrived at Discos Fuentes studio in Medellin late on Friday afternoon. It was supposed to be a day for... Read Article
A Musical Journey Through Cumbia
Over the past sixty years, the Colombian music genre Cumbia has rocked dance floors in it’s native land as well... Read Article
We don’t need the mainstream: An Interview with Frente Cumbiero’s Mario Galeano
One of the most interesting groups coming out of Colombia’s nueva cumbia scene is undoubtedly Frente Cumbiero. So far they... Read Article
REVIEW Michi Sarmiento y su Combo Bravo – Aqui Los Bravos!
Miles Cleret’s Soundway Records continue their winning streak with this 16-track compilation of barnstorming dancefloor rhythms from little-known Colombian bandleader... Read Article
REVIEW Cartagena! Curro Fuentes and the Big Band Cumbia and Descarga Sound of Columbia 1962-72
Soundway Records, the Brighton-based label dedicated to the mining of global grooves, might well only consider itself a conduit for... Read Article