Category: Colombian Music

Today we were awoken with the news that Off2Colombia were announcing that ‘Colombia could become the next gay capital of the world’. A big claim but, with this article here we at the Colombia Travel Blog are sure they feel justified. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– The truth is, considering Colombia’s distinctly Conservative roots, Bogota […]

Cumbia is one of Colombia’s biggest styles of music, and can be heard everywhere from the biggest clubs in Cartagena to the smallest corner stores in Bogotá. Such is the popularity of the music, it can be surprising to find out it’s humble origins. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Cumbia originated on the Colombian Caribbean […]

  –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– Check out ‘The Top 10 Traditional Crafts to bring back from Colombia’ – even more great gift ideas! As Christmas lights begin to dominate the skyline of Bogotá (as is one of many Christmas traditions in Colombia) and baby Jesus begins dominating everyone’s thoughts, we imagine you there in […]

Occasionally one is reminded of just how peculiar you, the general public, can be. One of the most frequent and easily accessible examples of this, as any blog owner knows, is to check the different ways in which people find your blog on Google. –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <– As an homage to you, our […]

If this isn’t your first time here you’ll know the leader of this here Colombia Travel Blog is Marcela, and Marcela is Colombian. The fact that Marcela is Colombian means she is genetically disposed to like salsa, and like salsa she does indeed. Lucky for Marcela, then, that last year she got to visit the city […]

In honour of this week’s good news (see previous post), today’s post is the most Colombian of weekend posts and dedicated entirely to salsa, in the hopes that a little rumba will bring Marcela back on her feet very quickly. So tonight raise a glass of aguardiente in their honour: May Maria del Mar salsa before […]

Barranquilla is a port at the North Coast of Colombia, a city with a little more than a million people and fourth in size after Bogota, Medellin, and Cali. For many years, especially during the 18th Century,  Barranquilla was a very important trading port and therefore, as most big harbors around the world, lots of […]

Marcela may not be any fit state to ‘rumbear’ (party) at the moment since she’s expecting a baby quite soon, but once upon a time she was relied upon as a dependable source of information for where to go in Bogotá. Of course, these days I’ve taken it upon myself to work hard and try […]

Enjoy your weekend  with some Coilombian music, world. We at the Colombia Travel Blog will surely do so with Chocquibtown!!! –> Colombia Dolar (TRM) <–   CHOCQUIBTOWN-DE DONDE VENGO YO ( Where I come from)  

Visiting almost anywhere in Colombia, whether you seek it out in a bar to dance to or hear it blasting from shop fronts into the streets, you won’t escape the traditional folk music of Vallenato. Locals love it almost as much as salsa and although to the foreign ear it may not sound like the […]