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By 1974, salsa was taking Colombia by storm and so the directors of the INS label decided to create a band that would appeal to salsa fanatics and be able to compete with labels such as Discos Fuentes and Codiscos. Thus was born Los Afroins, an obscure, short-lived combo that would release two LPs...

This elusive and lesser-known collector's gem by Oscar Agudelo y el Combo Moderno called "Pa' mi muñeca" is an album devoted to recreating the strength of a musical genre that's been the soundtrack of Colombian life for decades and represents a milestone on the route cumbia had taken by 1966, when...

Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida was the first artist to receive Grammy Awards for both classical and jazz performances. His discography encompasses more than a hundred recordings over five decades. On Acapulco ´22, which includes two complete consecutive 1962 dates by the same formation,...