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Cumbia

Puerto Candelaria
Music
If you set magical realism to music, it might sound like this
Monsieur Periné at the House of Blues Boston.
Music
Cumbia + swing = Grammy
The band El Conjunto Nueva Ola performs in Mexican wrestler masks. In fact, they wore their masks the whole time Betto Arcos talked to them for this story. He never saw their faces.
Arts, Culture & Media
This Cumbia band plays covers of the Sex Pistols — in Mexican wrestler masks
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Rigo Tovar: an Appreciation of a Mexican Pop Star
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Joy essential ingredient in party music from rural El Salvador
Conflict & Justice
Raul y Mexia: The Sound of Latino America
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Why the Pope Might Like New Music from Boogat
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Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto Play to a Traditional Cumbia Beat
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Ondatropica Bring New Approaches to Colombian Music
Music Heard on Air
Music Heard on Air for April 18, 2012
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Vintage Recordings of Colombian Cumbia
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Welcome to the Ritmo Machine
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Cumbia old, or cumbia new?
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Chico Trujillo
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Global Hit
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Geo answer/Global hit