Easy Podcast - From the Caribbean to Mexico: the history of the Mexican Cumbia - Easy Español

The Cumbia music genre was born in Colombia from the fusion of Indigenous, African and Spanish cultures. From there, la cumbia crossed frontiers and adopted new musical styles from different countries. In Mexico, people swiftly embraced this music genre and started infusing it with their own traditional instruments and signature musical influences. The adapted cumbia mexicana is a joyful and catchy genre very popular in Mexico, the United States and even in Japan. Click play to hear more about the origins and evolution of the irresistible cumbia mexicana!