Every downside has an upside. Drug trafficking from Colombia, for example, led to the spread of the vallenato. This traditional music from the Valledupar region is very popular in South America and beyond, because of the sound of the button accordion and the lyrics that often tell of love, longing and melancholy.
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Three maestros,
Antonio Rivas, Miguel Osorio and Joan Garriga are, besides singers, exceptional accordion players, all three with their own style. Accompanied on guitar, bass, flute and percussion, these three maestros play a vivacious palette of styles, like the vallenato, cumbia and Guaracha.