Colombia has a wide range of Ethnic and customs that have given rise to a lively, deep and big musical production has even managed to permeate into new genres.

In recent years, the fusion of tropical rhythms and traditional genres like pop and rock, performed by artists such as Shakira, Carlos Vives and Juanes have awarded the internationally renowned Colombian music.

One of the most popular rhythms outside the Vallenato, which has its origins in the Caribbean coast where the mixing of African slaves, European conquerors and indigenous native rhythms generated from various percussion instruments like the box and the drums, Accordion including German and flutes and pipes of Indian origin. To this area belong other rhythms like Cumbia, Porro, the Mapalé, the Champeta, the Merecumbé and puja, which are among its most famous interpreters Toto La Momposina and The Pipers of San Jacinto.

The music of the Andes takes African and indigenous elements, but his greatest influence came from Spain, hence its typical instruments are predominantly of strings. The Spanish guitar, the treble, the four, the mandolin, sometimes accompanied by percussion instruments, elegant melodies give us Bambuco, Guabina, Hall, Whirlpool, vals criollo, and more popular as the carranga, the Lane, the guasca and partying.

In large cities, there are significant movements in genres like rock music, pop, funk, jazz, punk and metal. Bogota, Cali, Medellin, Barranquilla and Cartagena, is the epicenter of major artists are: Aterciopelados, The Hall Effect, Superlitio, the rock scene, Cabas and Fonseca on the pop, the pestilence in the metal, Diva Gash, are some internationally recognized names. Likewise, there are many scenarios to show the new talents, such as the Park Rock Festival, one of the most important in Latin America dedicated to rock.