What is Music of Colombia?
{{unreferenced|date=October 2011}} The '''music of Colombia''' is an expression of the [[Colombia]]n [[culture]] and has many music types. Modern Colombian culture is a mixture of [[Africa]]n, native and [[Europe]]an (especially [[Spain|Spanish]]) music, as well as more modern [[Music of the United States|American]] and [[Caribbean music]]al forms, such as [[Music of Trinidad and Tobago|Trinidadian]], [[Music of Cuba|Cuban]] and [[Music of Jamaica|Jamaican]]. In the late [[1950s]], [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[rock and roll|rock]] artists like [[Enrique Guzmán]] and [[Cesar Costa]] became very popular in Colombia. Soon, native [[rock band]]s like [[Los Speakers]] earned [[wikt:Popularity|popularity]] too. Starting in [[1967]], native bands like [[Genesis (Colombian rock band)|Genesis]] combined native music types (like cumbia) with rock. [[Cumbia]] is a mixture of [[Spain|Spanish]] and [[Africa]]n music (which slaves brought to Colombia). In the [[19th century]], Colombia got rid of [[slavery]]. Since that time, Africans, [[India]]ns and other [[ethnic group]]s mixed more fully in Colombian music. Styles like [[bambuco]], [[vallenato]] and [[porro]] was very important. When the [[waltz]] became popular in the 19th century, Colombian musicians invented a version called [[pasillo]]. {{music-stub}} [[Category:Music by nationality|Columbian]] [[Category:Colombian culture|Music]]