Edmundo Arias has been played on NTS in shows including The NTS Breakfast Show w/ Zakia, featured first on 9 December 2021. Songs played include Cumbia Del Caribe , El Mecanico and Cumbia Candelosa.

Edmundo Arias (Edmundo Dante Arias Valencia, Tuluá, Colombia, 5 December 1925 - 28 January 1993) was a Colombian musician and songwriter.

Arias was the composer of one of Colombia's most popular bambucos, "Los Sauces (The Willows)." When he was ten years old and living in Tuluá, Valle del Cauca, in southwestern Colombia, he and his brother Ricuarte started Los Hermanitos Arias, a group that played music with a Cuban influence. Since…