Earlier this year, in the blazing Mexico City sun, plucky cumbia band Son Rompe Pera was tasked with opening the main stage of the gargantuan Vive Latino Festival. Despite the notoriously ...

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Bueno says the “Cumbia Queen” event not only honors Selena but also uplifts other female cumbia artists and unites fans across generations.

The death of the Mexican artist was announced by her family, González Orozco. Nayeli, "the queen of cumbia," was mourned by ...

It’s actually one of my favorites, because it’s not a cumbia. It’s something very different. We love cumbia songs but I don’t want the people to recognize us or see us just as cumbia artists.

Tradition and modernity coexist peacefully within Son Rompe Pera, where punk collides with the cumbia the band grew up playing.

Son Rompe Pera would frequently perform at weddings and private parties, running through cumbia, danzón and cha-cha-chá classics, and even a few pop-rock favorites by Timbiriche and El Tri.