Colombia.

• Author: Holston, Mark
• Position: Harmonies From Small to Large Nation

Colombia (Putumayo PUT 190-2)

Over a quarter of a century after a young North American returned to the U.S. from Colombia with the dream of exposing audiences around the world to music from the Andes, Dan Storper's Putumayo World Music label has become the leader in making hitherto unavailable recordings from distant locales available to the masses.

He returns to the basics on this engaging collection of vintage Colombian cumbia, porro, vallenato, and salsa styles he fell in love with in the 1970s. Many premier Colombian artists are presented, including Fruko y sus Tesos, Joe Arroyo, and La Sonora Dinamita. But...