Almost overnight, 11-year-old Sarai Gonzalez became a Latina icon thanks to her role in the "Soy Yo" ("I'm Me") music video by the Colombian electro-cumbia duo Bomba Estereo. In it, she plays a sassy ...

Colombia’s Bomba Estéreo have joined forces with Venezuelan band Rawayana to form the new group Astropical. They’ve released their debut single, “Me Pasa (Piscis),” along with a nautical music video ...

Earlier this month, Will Smith grabbed the mic once again after a 10-year hiatus and spit some fresh rhymes on Bomba Estereo’s “Fiesta” remix. Now the Colombian electronica group deliver the video for ...

Last week, Bomba Estereo’s Ayo debuted at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart. With an even more pronounced focus on Colombian folk sounds intertwined with irresistible dance loops and beats, ...

Traditions are kept alive by constant change. The roots music of the 21st Century is being created as much with electric guitars, sequencers, and laptops as with drums and flutes. That’s one of the ...

Bomba Estereo's new album, Elegancia Tropical, is gorgeous — and, for a limited time, you can hear it in its entirety as an NPR Music First Listen. Our own Felix Contreras writes that the record ...

The song opens with a man’s guttural chant punctuated by the high notes of an indigenous Colombian flute known as a gaita. In between, there’s a thumping African drum. And layered on top is the ...

Columbian electro-cumbia group Bomba Estéreo have teamed up with French-Spanish songwriter Manu Chao for a brand new single called "Me Duele.” For many listeners, it'll be their second taste of Bomba ...

Known for their high-energy mix of traditional forms and modern electronics, Colombian group Bomba Estéreo put out no new music this year — but that did not stop their forward momentum. Quite the ...

First, Will Smith ended his ten-year music hiatus to team up with Bomba Estéreo on the remix of the band’s 2015 track “Fiesta.” Then came the band’s collaboration with Bad Bunny on “Ojitos Lindos,” ...

The rise of the Colombian band, in three acts (and albums). Nov. 21, 2012— -- In early September, Simón Mejía and Liliana Saumet, one of half the electro-tropical quartet Bomba Estereo, stood on ...