Afro-Peruvian music was born of slavery and, over the centuries, has been on the verge of slipping into obscurity on many occasions — overlooked by record labels, shrugged off as marginal. Yet it has ...
This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries developed over several years, covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre ...
Editor's Note: To commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month this year, World Cafe is going on a musical tour of Latin America. Every weekday from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15, we'll spotlight the music of a ...
Women dance “La Marinera” at the Charlotte Peruvian Festival in this undated photo. This story first appeared as part of WFAE's EQUALibrium newsletter, exploring race and equity in the Charlotte ...
One of the best L.A. concerts of 2016 took place in a little space in Boyle Heights that is no longer there — a bar called the Whitt, with strong $3 margaritas and a guitar covered in tiny mirrors ...
Peru’s José Luis Carballo finally gets the respect he deserves for creating a new way to play cumbia
This Sunday, José Luis Carballo will be the central figure of the “Tribute to Peruvian cumbia” segment included in the Peruvian Fest Chim Pum Callao LA 2022, at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in downtown ...
Kaypi, Perú—“This Is Peru” in the indigenous Quechua language—highlights Peru’s rich and diverse cultural heritage and traditional arts. For the webcast portion of the festival, we recorded ...
After the Gabriel Alegría Afro-Peruvian Sextet’s first set one recent rainy Saturday, Tutuma Social Club owner Santina Bari plugged the band’s CDs and quipped, “It’s much cheaper than opening up a ...
AMAZING COUNTRY. ADD THIS TO THE LIST OF REASONS. WHOA! WHY? NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC READERS NAMED PERU THE TOP INTERNATIONAL DESTINATION ANYWHERE. PARAGLIDING IS ALSO HOW YOU EXPERIENCE THE BEST VIEWS OF ...
When most Americans think of Peruvian music, they think of the high Andes Mountains’ Quechuan music, marked by the fluttery sound of the bamboo zamponas pipes, the trebly, 20-string miniature guitar ...
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Hosts Fernandez and Edgar meet in Lima, Pera to explore the different sights, sounds, and tastes. Hosts Fernandez and Edgar meet in Lima, Pera to explore the different sights, sounds, and tastes of ...
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