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 ...

Colombia has the biggest Black population in a Spanish-speaking country. Despite this, Afro-Colombian music and backgrounds are not well-documented in American society, according to Boston University ...

Carlos Vives, who won a Grammy for the best traditional tropical Latin album, said the award "gives Colombian music the recognition it deserves." In a television interview, Vives said many believed ...

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 ...