Vallenato, traditional music from Colombia, was immortalized in One Hundred Years Of Solitude and popularized by superstar singer Carlos Vives.... In Colombia, Preserving Songs That Tell Stories ...

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BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Diomedes Diaz, the best-known performer of Colombia's accordion-heavy vallenato music, has died at age 56. Fredys Soccaras, mayor of Valledupar, the city where the ...

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 ...

When Carlos Vives accepted the Billboard Hall of Fame award at last month’s Billboard Latin Music Awards, the Colombian superstar thanked his home country for the inspiration it has provided over the ...

Fans of Colombian singer and composer Diomedes Diaz surround a firefighter truck carrying his coffin to the main square where his body will lie in state until his funeral in Valledupar, Colombia, ...

Unlike stereotypical teenagers, Arturo Guzman and his brother, Ricardo, didn’t reject the old-fashioned music that their parents listened to in their Southern California home. Instead, the two ...

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 ...

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 ...