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Description of Cumbia

 
Developed on the Atlantic coast of Colombia, Cumbia shares a hot rhythm with several other Caribbean dance forms, as well as some European influences in its melodies and lyric forms. Rootsier Cumbia uses instruments derived from indigenous peoples of India, including a cane-stalk clarinet. But from the 1940s on, urban Cumbia performers borrowed their instruments from North American big bands and their rhythms from Cuba, in some cases crossing over to Salsa. Cumbia subsequently became a sort of fad in Mexico and has remained popular to this day.
 

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Cumbia Key Artists

 
A.B. Quintanilla Y Los Kumbia Kings

Latin Pop star (and Selena's
brother), A.B. Quintanilla
and band have been
climbing the charts with
their genre-bending pop....

Carlos Vives

A Colombian singer who
started in the business as a
soap opera star, Carlos
Vives plays an updated style
of Vallenato music. Vives...

Fito Olivares

Olivares is a regional
Mexican music veteran
who's been releasing
albums since the 1970s.
Olivares was raised on a r...

Grupo Bryndis

This romantic cumbia outfit
has been crafting hits since
the early 1990s. Grupo
Bryndis is: Guadelupe
Guevara, Mauro Posadas,...

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