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Argentina: The queen of bailanta

Karla Gachet

One of the most listened-to genres in the Americas, photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.
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D'Angelo, R&B's reluctant icon, has died at 51

Sheldon Pearce

The expressive singer made just three albums, including his 1995 debut, Brown Sugar, but retreated from the public after each. He had been battling cancer, according to a statement from his family.
How big a deal are Taylor Swift's vinyl sales, really?

Hazel Cills

The Life of a Showgirl isn't just a streaming success — it has moved a massive number of vinyl LPs. How massive? Let's do some math.
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Ecuador: The Andean reinvention of cumbia

Karla Gachet

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.
Joey Arias has plenty of art left to give: 'I want to live to be at least 200 years old'

Ryan Benk

Decades of metamorphosis and drag performer Joey Arias is far from his final form.
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Peru: Chicha, the electric pulse of cumbia

Ivan Kashinsky

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.
'Kiss of the Spider Woman' works, even when the music doesn't

Aisha Harris

Jennifer Lopez is the marquee name, but this adaptation of the Kander and Ebb Tony-winning musical belongs to Tonatiuh and Diego Luna.
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San Diego weekend arts events: PANCA, artsy mini golf and toddler techno

Julia Dixon Evans

This weekend in the arts in San Diego: binational artist PANCA, Anna Stump's iconic "Mojaveland" mini golf art installation, Barrio Art Crawl, short stories, "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" and more.
In an age of streaming excess, cult rappers master the mini-album

Sheldon Pearce

Three new hip-hop releases show a way forward for mid-level artists: albums the length of a network sitcom, and committing to the audience you already have.
Arts & Culture

Los Angeles: Spaghetti Cumbia, a band born from cultural fusion

Ivan Kashinsky

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.