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    El Hijo, La Antropólogo De La Cumbia, Returns

    El Hijo de la Cumbia's new album Genero, Genero is the result of a decade spent traversing the globe and a lifetime spent mastering the art of the studio.
    by Felix Contreras Apr 24, 2018 1 minute
    El Hijo de la Cumbia.

    Cumbia has become the lingua franca of Latin American music. A 2/4 beat that started in colonial Colombia, it has spread throughout Latin America, varying funkily throughout the continent.

    So it makes sense that the artist ("The Son of the Cumbia") lives in... Malmö, Sweden?

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