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...
View ArticleFruko 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...
View ArticleBooks About Colombia: The City of Musical Memory by Lise A. Waxer
Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, bills itself as the “World Capital of Salsa” and fancies itself a “Caribbean City” in that respect, even though it’s an inland metropolis located hundreds of...
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