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 ...

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — Performing at this year’s Festival International, Kombilesa Mi fuses traditional Colombian beats with the Afro influence of the Palenque culture. Hailing from San Basilio de ...

As opposed to the sounds associated with European fantasy, Latin American magical realism comes with the influences of Afro-Colombian and Indigenous cultures. Franco used traditional Colombian ...

With a versatile vocal range, rippling guitar solos, and hints of Colombia’s folkloric music, Juanes combines the shimmering epic underpinnings of U2 and the hard-driving metal of Metallica with more ...

An acoustic folk music developed by his enslaved ancestors along Colombia's Pacific coast helped to keep John Jairo Cortez on the straight and narrow. While growing up in the crime-ridden town of ...

While Colombian singer-songwriter Lido Pimienta was always drawn to music —she played in a metal band when she was just 11 years old— it was her experience of migrating to Canada when she was 19 that ...

Colombian singer-songwriter Yeison Jiménez died alongside multiple members of his team in a fatal plane crash Jan. 10.