The Roots of Chicha explores another little-known (outside of Peru) subgenre of global groove music: chicha, an infectious combination of Peruvian traditional music, Colombian cumbias and ...

Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru is the first album of Chicha music released outside of Peru. The unique music style grew out of the booming cities of the Peruvian Amazon in 1970 and ...

Chicha is a form of Peruvian music that combines local folklore, South American beats and modern musical instruments. The recently released CD Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbias from Peru explores ...

This local supergroup embraces the Peruvian style of cumbia known as chicha, which was named for a fermented drink. Chicha music first came to attention in North America with the release of the ...

This is part of a special series, Cumbia Across Latin America, a visual report across six countries developed over several years, covering the people, places and cultures that keep this music genre ...

The Peruvian music sensation known as chicha wasn’t on Olivier Conan’s cultural itinerary when the Brooklyn musician and club owner flew into Lima in 2005. The Paris-born expat was a bigger fan of ...

Pedro Tolomeo Rojas, known as Monky, enters his studio in Lima on Oct. 21, 2024. Monky was a pioneer in the making of the posters that publicize cumbia concerts and are now considered chicha art. His ...