Updated/actualizado: 06/11/2008

Music of Colombia
From Cumbia to Vallenato

• Colombia is divided into several regions musically. The northern coastal areas produced the cumbia and the regions along the Magdalena River and its tributaries gave us the vallenato; the bambuco comes from the interior plains and the Andean zones. 
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• The cumbia has a variety of  
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• In addition to the music of Colombia, radio stations in that country will play salsa, pop, Spanish rock, ballads, oldies and many play English-language music.  
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• Click on the Click Button and you can listen to one-minute audio samples of the song you have selected.
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Music of Colombia

 

Click	Style	Artist	Title	Era	Notes
	Vallenato	Los Inquietos	Te Pierdo y Te Pienso	2001	Topped the Vallenato hit parade en March.
	Cumbia	Gabriel Romero	La Piragua	60's
	Cumbia	Los Teen Agers	Fantasía Nocturna	60's
	Pasaito	Los Corraleros de Majajual	La Burrita	60's
	Porro	Germán Carreño	El Caimán	60's
	Pasaje	Los Corraleros de Majajual	Caballo Viejo	60's
	Vallenato	Binomio de Oro	Me Ilusioné	2001	One of the longest lasting of the groups.
	Merengue Colombiano	Iván y sus Bam Band	Nube Viajera	1996	This is the Colombian variant of the merengue.

Selected by David Gleason from his personal collection.