Vintage Recordings of Colombian Cumbia

The recordings come from 78s, 45s and LPs that record collector Will Holland found while scouring bins in Colombia.

Cumbia old, or cumbia new?

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Anchor Marco Werman tells us about two new CDs that include the sounds of cumbia. One is the traditional 1960 sounds from Colombia, the other is digital cumbia from Argentina. Download MP3

Which one do you prefer? Old cumbia or new? Share your thoughts with us.

Bomba Estereo

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Anchor Marco Werman introduces us to Colombian band Bomba Estereo who do to cumbia what the Rolling Stones did to the blues: they rock it out.

DJ Grant Dull spins digital cumbia

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Grant Dull (pronounced “dool”), one of the masterminds behind the Zizek DJ collective in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Producers and remixers from around the globe who have made Buenos Aires their new home all rethink the centuries-old rhythm of cumbia. Zizek’s just released a new CD as they wind down a successful summer of touring and getting clubbers throbbing to cumbia mashups. >>>Click here for more on Zizek.

Zizek DJ

A few months ago we told you about a club night in Buenos Aires. For those in the know, that night goes simply by the moniker “Zizek.” Zizek is the name of the collective of DJs, producers and remixers from around the globe who now make their home in the Argentina. Cumbia — the traditional [...]