BOGOTA — Rafael Escalona, the prolific composer and performer of vallenato classics that define the Colombian-born genre, has died of cancer. He was 81.His son and namesake confirmed Escalona… ...

Carlos Vives Breaks Down 5 Essential Songs from His Homage to Rafael Escalona. The vallenato star breathes new life to the Colombian composer's classics in Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado Así.

Colombian composer Rafael Escalona, an icon whose name is synonymous with Colombia’s typical vallenato music, died May 13 of respiratory failure in Bogotá, Colombia. He was 81 years old.

Colombian Vallenato legend Rafael Escalona has been taken to hospital, local media reported on Friday.He is in bad health but stable. According to Astrid Escalona, the daughter of the elderly composer ...

Colombian music legend Rafael Escalona was buried Friday in Valledupar, the city he left with the country’s largest vallenato festival.. After his death Wednesday a row of ceremonies followed. The ...

BOGOTA (AP) – Rafael Escalona, the prolific composer and performer of vallenato classics that define the Colombian-born genre, has died of cancer. He was 81.His son and namesake confirmed ...

Rafael Escalona, who absorbed the ways and wisdom of wandering troubadours to become a beloved writer of ballads that became classics of Colombia folk music and inspired the novelist Gabriel Garca ...

Back to Escalona. Movie. Audience Score. 20. NR 54 min Documentary, ... Carlos and Egidio embark on a journey to find Rafael Escalona’s lost notebook.

Choosing a “local path” made Carlos Vives “very international,” reflects the superstar via Zoom from his native Colombia as he prepares to release Escalona Nunca Se Había Grabado Así, a ...