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RIP Joe Arroyo
Colombian salsa legend Joe Arroyo died today at the age of 55 after being hospitalized for several weeks with a variety of health problems. Arroyo’s performances as a salsa singer with bands such as...
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Stuff to Do in Bogota: Salsa Al Parque
Despite having at least two dozen salsa bars, and a currently thriving live salsa scene, Bogota is not known as a “Salsa city” in the way that Cali or Barranquilla is. Fighting against that...
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Fruko y sus Tesos: The Kings of Colombian Salsa
Medellin bandleader Julio Ernesto “Fruko” Estrada has been playing, composing songs, and leading a variety of Colombian bands since the 1960s, when he started out as a playing trumpet in the orchestra...
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The Album that Brought Me Here: Colombia! The Golden Age of Discos Fuentes
A few years ago I was a restless and unemployed, living in Los Angeles. Sick of looking for some tedious gig at the bottom of the entertainment industry career ladder, I found myself drifting towards...
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An Introduction to the Colombian Cultural Smorgasbord by Sounds and Colours
British website Sounds and Colours is one of the best English-language online magazines covering South American music and culture, and for their first published book they decided to spotlight...
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