Mike Laure has been played on NTS shows including Carlos René, with Cumbia Buena first played on 29 October 2020.

Mike Laure (MIguel Laure Rubio, 29 September 1939, El salto, Mexico)

His fusion of tight tropical rhythms with American rock & roll earned Mike Laure the title "El Rey del Trópico.",Laure grew up listening to an assortment of cross-the-border rockers; he even borrowed the name for his group, Las Cometas, from his favorite, Bill Haley's band. Laure tempered his rock & roll inclinations with Cumbia rhythms learned from Colombia's Sonora Dinamita. The fusion sparked a whole new style of music, termed chunchaca, and Laure scored many…