Andes
The mountainous spine of western South America — Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador, and the highlands of Colombia and Venezuela. Indigenous Andean music built around the quena flute, sampoña panpipes, and the small charango lute remains a living tradition across the region.
Most popular
- Latin & CaribbeanJoropoLlanos cowboy music from Venezuela and Colombia, driven by harp, cuatro, and ferocious 3-against-6 rhythm.
- Latin & CaribbeanChampetaAfro-Colombian Caribbean street music born from imported African records and the sound systems of Cartagena.
- Folk & WorldMarineraPeruvian courtship dance music combining Afro-Peruvian rhythm, Spanish melody, and Indigenous color.
- Folk & WorldBambucoColombia's Andean national song, a triple-metre ballad form for tiple, bandola and guitar with sung verses about love and landscape.
- Latin & CaribbeanCurrulaoMarimba-driven Afro-Pacific music from Colombia and Ecuador, anchored in West African polyrhythm and coastal ritual.
- Latin & CaribbeanFestejoUp-tempo Afro-Peruvian dance music driven by the cajon and lyrics that celebrate Black coastal Peruvian identity.
- Latin & CaribbeanHuaynoAndean highland song-and-dance form rooted in pre-Columbian music, carried by quena flute, charango, and pentatonic melody.
By country
ベネズエラ／コロンビア
- Latin & CaribbeanJoropo
コロンビア／エクアドル
- Latin & CaribbeanCurrulao
ペルー／ボリビア／エクアドル
- Latin & CaribbeanHuayno
By decade
Before 1900
1970s
- Latin & CaribbeanChampetaColombia