They say music can move you back in time, take you to different places. And one of the most famous salsa songs of all time will resonate emotionally with viewers as they watch one of DC’s fastest ...

There was a time when Fania Records was the most transcendent label in Latin music — hailed as the Motown of salsa. From its meteoric rise in late ’60s New York to its triumphant empire of sound ...

When Cuban singer Celia Cruz died three years ago, it seemed salsa music died along with her. Not that her death caused the demise. But in retrospect, it’s almost poetic how her life paralleled the ...

A mediados de los años 60, dos jóvenes músicos puertorriqueños, Ricardo Maldonado y Bobby Cruz, se juntaron en las calles de Brooklyn (Nueva York), para construir uno de los legados más importantes en ...

When hardcore salsa fans hear the young New York band La Excelencia for the first time, they’ll almost certainly be reminded of the classic acts of the ’60s and ’70s: Willie Colon, Dimension Latina, ...

For aficionados of Latin music in the 1960s and 70s, Fania Records was considered “The Motown of Salsa.” Based in New York, it was infused with that city’s rich makeup of Latin cultures and style. And ...

If you were in New York City in the 1970s, you might have stumbled upon the birth of punk, new-wave, hip-hop, salsa, disco, minimalist classical and avant-garde jazz. The city during these five years ...

The musician, who died on Friday, was a true originator of the genre. An outsider, he lived a Latin music life by immersing himself in Afro-Caribbean culture. By Ed Morales In many ways, Larry Harlow ...

“Era lo que me llamaba. Históricamente aquí fue donde la salsa se desarrolló junto con el hip-hop, el punk, el disco. NY fue siempre un pulmón de música y cultura”. Llegó directo a clases, pues se ...

El evento gratuito que contará con El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Oscar D’Leon, Grupo Niche, La Sonora Ponceña y Domingo Quiñones se celebrará el 2 y 3 de agosto en La Guancha. El evento que unirá a ...