This article is part of our November 2017 issue, which features a comprehensive look at Texas music. On a Saturday afternoon in April, the DJ and producer El Dusty stood in the middle of the floor of ...

El Dusty releases "Pinche Cumbia." The star-studded party anthem features GRAMMY nominated and winning artists Itawe (Locos Por Juana), Morenito De Fuego, Ozomatli, Campa Valdez (El Gran Silencio) & ...

Edmundo Gómez Moreno spent 11 months as a project manager and systems engineer helping NASA build nano-satellites in Mexico. But in 2015, he could not find a job in the U.S. “I had letters of support ...

is your neighborhood reporter for Robstown and western Nueces County. This style of music will get you on your feet! We're talking about Cumbia. For this Hispanic Heritage Month, we show you how it's ...

This week, we dive into Cumbia music as part of SK Pop's 'Unheard Genres' series. Salsa, tango and mambo are familiar words to most. They refer to a signature dance, usually accompanied by an equally ...

A new wave of cumbia both breaks and pays homage to Latin American traditions that can make anyone move. In 2015, local producer and DJ Erick Jaimez launched Sonidero Saturdays at Deep Ellum’s Café ...

Local supergroup embodies the San Diego-Tijuana region with a fresh cumbia sound and danceable songs in a forthcoming new album. In the latest installment of our KPBS Summer Music Series, we feature a ...

Cumbia is often something you hear before you know its name. It arrives early, at family parties, backyard gatherings, long afternoons that stretch into the night, folded into the background of daily ...

Cumbia comes from Colombia, but the whole world has adopted it. Few musical genres express the Latino heart as well as cumbia Monica Vaca, left, Ana Mendieta, and Carla Teran, all of Naples, Florida, ...

In 2015, local producer and DJ Erick Jaimez launched Sonidero Saturdays at Deep Ellum's Café Salsera. It quickly became a hit. Jaimez, who is known in Dallas for his crunk cumbia, or cumbia mixed with ...