Grupo Niche Performs ‘Cali Pachanguero’ at 2024 Billboard Latin Music Awards. The Colombian band brought a rousing version of the 40-year classic to the show.

Grupo Niche‘s “Cali Pachanguero” has transcended generations, cultures and language barriers.The fast-paced track, penned by the legendary Jairo Varela in 1984, took on a life of its own ...

A couple of years ago, things looked pretty grim for Colombia’s Grupo Niche. Its songwriting mastermind and producer, Jairo Varela, was arrested and jailed for an alleged connection to a drug ...

Blending the music of Cuba, Puerto Rico and Spain, ... Grupo Niche, will perform at Festival Latino on Sunday. Although he was born a year after Grupo Niche was formed in 1979, ...

But on Friday night many of those political songs, and others about the black culture of Colombia's Pacific coast, where Varela was born -- "niche" is slang for black -- were absent.

Founded in Cali, Colombia, which I only know of because of Narcos, Grupo Niche is a Salsa band that has been making waves in the Latin music scene since the late ’70s.After a few spins through ...

Grupo Niche, a world famous salsa band that's been creating beloved songs for over four decades, will perform in Carmel on Saturday March 22. They are the best of the ...

3 Photos: TAKE THE LEAD Opening Night at Paper Mill Playhouse Grupo Niche is a salsa group founded by Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano in 1979 in Colombia. Niche enjoys great popularity throughout ...

Colombian salsa kings Grupo Niche return to State Theatre New Jersey! Often called the Salsa Experience, the band performs an invigorating range of uptempo dance music as well as romantic numbers ...

And so I say, with much appreciation and calories burned on the dance floor, RIP to Jairo Varela, founder of Grupo Niche, who died today in his hometown of Cali, Colombia. Your music has been, and ...

Finalists, and the eventual winners, reflect performance of new recordings on Billboard's albums and songs charts for the period covering rankings dated Aug. 19, 2023 through the September 7, 2024 ...