
How cumbia has shaped music across Latin America
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Kumbia Is the Musical Backbone of Latin America
Eduardo Diaz is the director of the Smithsonian Latino Center in Washington, DC. He talks about why kumbia is really the first Pan-Latin party music. And then we're going to talk about where this music comes from and how it got to Mexico and Argentina and Sacramento and New York.
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