Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Diomedes Diaz, the best-known performer of Colombia's accordion-heavy vallenato music, has died at age 56.

Amongst Colombian users of Twitter, the trend of publishing phrases from Vallenato songs -under the tag #Elvallenatomeenseñó [es] (Vallenato taught me)- has emerged, with the intention of highlighting ...

Vallenato is one of the most popular and representative music genres in Colombia. Although it started in the coast, it is difficult to find a Colombian that does not feel identified with an ...

Vallenato, traditional music from Colombia, was immortalized in One Hundred Years Of Solitude and popularized by superstar singer Carlos Vives.... In Colombia, Preserving Songs That Tell Stories ...

Carlos Vives stops himself in mid-sentence and apologizes. He chokes up, overcome by a rush of the same raw, vulnerable emotion that informs his anthemic songs. Tears stream down his face — but ...

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MIAMI (Billboard) - Vallenato, the traditional, accordion-anchored music of Colombia's Caribbean coast, has long been seen as a poor cousin of tropical music in the United States. Although vallenato's ...

Like a cowboy in a Hollywood Western, I’m surrounded by Indians. I’m part of an indigenous peoples’ parade, to be more precise. Shuffling along around me down a hot street in northern Colombia on a ...

Unlike stereotypical teenagers, Arturo Guzman and his brother, Ricardo, didn’t reject the old-fashioned music that their parents listened to in their Southern California home. Instead, the two ...

The musician died suddenly of a heart attack Dec. 22, just days after the release of his 30th album. By Leila Cobo, Billboard.com Diomedes Diaz - P 2013 Diomedes Diaz, one of Colombia’s most popular ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carlos Vives stops himself in mid-sentence and apologizes. He chokes up, overcome by a rush of the same raw, vulnerable emotion ...