Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez once said that One Hundred Years of Solitude was a 400-page Vallenato: a traditional music of Colombia's Caribbean coast. The songs are mini-epics ...

In the background, bookshelves are filled with novels ... It was 1993 when Vives burst into the scene with "La Gota Fría" - a raucous vallenato nugget from 1938 that he transformed into a ...

With the Colombian artist's "Cásate Conmigo" with Nicky Jam at No. 1 on the Latin Airplay Chart, he's preparing a U.S. tour and a new vallenato album. By Judy Cantor-Navas Silvestre Dangond’s ...

Billboard premieres Silvestre Dangond's new video "Vallenato Apetao." By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Silvestre Dangond takes it back to more than six decades ago for his new music video ...

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 ...

By Leila Cobo, Billboard.com Diomedes Diaz - P 2013 Diomedes Diaz, one of Colombia’s most popular vallenato stars and a man whose lifestyle was discussed as much as his music, died suddenly of a ...

Omar Geles, a Latin Grammy-nominated vallenato composer, singer, and accordionist, who first gained prominence in the 1980s with the group Los Diablitos before embarking on a successful solo ...

On tour, he’ll be playing some of his most popular tracks and selections from his upcoming studio album, “Vallenato Social Club,” set to release on April 23, produced by Cuban American ...