Way before artists like Juanes and Fonseca began tinkering with traditional Colombian sounds, Carlos Vives was introducing the world to the accordion-based music known as vallenato. In 1994, the former soap actor with the untamable hair updated rustic classics from Rafael Escalona and Emiliano Zuleta by adding a variety of drums and electric instruments that turned them into danceable folklore-rock-pop hybrids in an album titled Clasicos de la Provincia (remember the breakout hit “La Gota Fria”?). And even though Vives went on to record many more records after that, we haven’t heard very much from him since the 2004 release of El Rock de Mi Pueblo—that is till now.

Turns out our favorite vallenato bad boy has been holding out on U.S. listeners. He recently dropped Clasicos de la Provincia II in Colombia only. The album is a compilation of retooled gems first recorded by a slew of artists (Carlos Huertas, Luis Enrique Martínez, Wicho Sánchez) our parents may be more familiar with. The first single, “Las Mujeres,” is an ode to women that proves Vives needs to come our way after he’s done touring his native country in January. The song is about trying to find a good woman and its infectious rhythm makes me want to put on my sombrero vueltiao and start dancing. It’s already No. 1 on Colombian charts. Have a listen here and let me know what you think.