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 ...
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 ...
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 ...