What is candombe? In this episode from Sonido Babel [Babel Sound], we'll travel to Uruguay to find out more about this musical style that is influenced by more than twenty different African cultures as well as the indigenous Charrúas and Guaranis, the Spanish, and the Portuguese.

Let's discover yet another upbeat Colombian musical genre with Antonio, porro, by listening to its melody and witnessing how it is danced.

Venezuelan rock and blues singer-songwriter Yátu performs his song, "Tú la quieres aplicar" [You Want to Apply It], which delighted audiences at the International League of Music Festivals and Artists.

From Caracas, Venezuela, Víctor Díaz introduces us to a very special guest: Tony Carrasco, a sports reporter and former player from Venezuela's national soccer team, who will explain to us about some of the sport's English-derived vocabulary.

Víctor Díaz takes us to a beautiful little town called Galipán, located forty minutes away from Venezuela's capital city of Caracas.

In this episode of Sonido Babel [Babel Sound], we'll learn a bit about the origin and history of rap music. We've even invited rapper Junior High to join us, who'll help you learn more Spanish with a very special rap.

Babel Music introduces us to the quitiplás, a fascinating musical instrument from Mestizo America that is made of bamboo and comes in different sizes and pitches.

Beatriz from Venezuela has lived in Düsseldorf, Germany, for more than fifteen years. In this video, she offers us a brief presentation about this city that, thanks to its geographical location, is quite convenient for traveling to other countries.

Helena is a Venezuelan immigrant who currently resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Let's accompany her to this beautiful city to learn more about it and hear her suggestions about places to visit.

In this episode of Sonido Babel, we'll learn about plena: a musical genre from Puerto Rico that is played with a multitude of different instruments and deals with a plethora of topics from religion, events, recipes, advice, and even superstitions.

In this episode of Sonido Babel [Babel Sound], we are introduced to Venezuela's national instrument: the cuatro, which can be heard in almost all Venezuelan folk music.

In this second part of our series on the Venezuelan cuatro, musician Leonardo Lozano explains to us how the manner in which this traditional instrument is played varies between geographical regions.

In this third part of the series on the Venezuelan cuatro, Leonardo Lozano shares with us the names and functions of some of the parts that comprise it.

A few months prior to the opening of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, Victor shared with us some very interesting facts about the history of this event.

In the ballad "Será" [It will be], famed Venezuelan vallenato singer Jorge Celedón and Latin Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Franco De Vita team up to sing about love.