Contemporary Music of Colombia

The salsa music was born among the Puerto Ricans and Cubans, but soon spread to Colombia.

The native salsa groups such as Fruko Y sus Tesos and labels that recorded them like Discos Fuentes. The artists like Joe Arroyo that followed, inventing a distinctively Colombian form of salsa. Other powerful Colombian salsa groups are Cristian Del Real the Timbal Genius, Grupo Niche, Alquimia, La Misma Gente, Los Titanes, Los Nemus del Pacifico, Orquestra Guayacan and Grupo Gale. Some of the main prolific singers in the genre are Jairo Varela and Nino Caicedo, whose compositions have been recorded by Grupo Niche and Orquestra Guayacan respectively. Many Cuban and Puerto Rican musicians who have produced in Colombia, like Diego Valdes and Israel Tanenbaum, have jointed with the Colombians in salsa projects. Currently, Colombian dancers have become the World Champions over the years and the style have become more famous and accepted among Salsa professionals worldwide, with two of the mains prominent salsa schools being Swing Latino that was driven by the dance choreographer Edurado EI Mulato Hernandez, and Constelacion Latino driven by one of the world most beloved dancers Jhoanna KKO Agudelo. This terms of the Colombian salsa as a dance it is very special and different from the New York/ Puerto Rico and Cuban salsa.

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