While the Festival de la Leyenda Vallenata 2024 is celebrated in Colombia, we present six exponents of the new wave of the genre that you should know. By Luisa Calle SEO Specialist, Billboard Español ...

The musician died suddenly of a heart attack Dec. 22, just days after the release of his 30th album. By Leila Cobo, Billboard.com Diomedes Diaz - P 2013 Diomedes Diaz, one of Colombia’s most popular ...

This guitar belonged to Colombian Grammy Award-winning singer and composer Carlos Vives, who is best known for his vallenato chart-topping hits. Vallenato is an upbeat music from the Atlantic coast of ...

"His passing leaves a deep void in the music and lives of those who knew him," Vives said. By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Egidio Cuadrado, an icon in Colombia’s music scene and Carlos Vives’ ...

Omar Geles, a Latin Grammy-nominated vallenato composer, singer, and accordionist, who first gained prominence in the 1980s with the group Los Diablitos before embarking on a successful solo career, ...

The small city of Valledupar is the cradle of vallenato music. The small city of Valledupar is the cradle of vallenato, which is a rustic, folksy and distinctly Colombian musical style. The small city ...

Carlos Vives stops himself in mid-sentence and apologizes. He chokes up, overcome by a rush of the same raw, vulnerable emotion that informs his anthemic songs. Tears stream down his face — but ...

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 ...

Vallenato is one of the most popular and representative music genres in Colombia. Although it started in the coast, it is difficult to find a Colombian that does not feel identified with an ...

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The driving force behind Colombia’s vallenato music is not Colombian at all – it’s German. When I landed at Alfonso López Pumarejo airport just south of Valledupar, the capital of the César region in ...