I recently finished a very interesting book on the various forms and development of Cumbia. It is mostly an academic look at the development and social contributions of the genre, but it also includes plenty of interesting looks into everything from how instrumentation, lyrics, and performance styles have contributed to the many forms of the genre. It is a book of individual essays all tied together by the common thread of Cumbia / Edited by Hector Fernandez L'Hoeste and Pablo Vila.
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