salsa mundo colombia: music born of conflict

Salsa Mundo is a series from the BGP label that looks at the development of salsa around the world. The first destination is Colombia, with its incredibly vibrant scene dominated by the legendary Discos Fuentes label. Over its 18 tracks the development of Colombian salsa is plotted: from its roots in the 1960s when the country was in a relative state of calm, through to the 1970s when it became engulfed in armed struggle funded by the rising tide of cocaine smuggling. The music reflected the everyday...