Before it fell on hard times, Fania Records was once the 20th century's Latin music's equivalent to the "Motown" label. The label's 50-year journey from cultural touchstone to obscurity—and now back ...

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 ...

Michael Rucker got to play the Santa of Salsa this holiday season. As director of marketing for Miami-based Latin music label Emusica, Rucker spent much of his time delivering promo copies of the ...

The Fania label was founded in 1964 by Italian-American lawyer Jerry Masucci and Dominican-born musician Johnny Pacheco. Pacheco and Puerto Rican-American pianist Eddie Palmieri, both considered ...

The thread that connects the past and present of Latin music was in full display March 18 at the annual ASCAP Latin Music Awards, with legendary musicians Fania All-Stars sharing the stage with… By ...

Its founders went from flogging LPs from a car to defining a genre in the late 60s. As a box set is released, manager Harvey Averne and star Joe Bataan recall those heady days in East Harlem The ...

Sony Music Latin has partnered with Fania and CTMOBS on a new television series called Sangre Nueva. Expected to launch in early 2019, the upcoming series will follow today's biggest music stars as… ...

Iconic Latin music label Fania will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year with decade-specific digital compilations of its greatest hits and the first Latin music app for Spotify. It has also ...

Craft Recordings has some sizzling music available for pre-order this weekend. A comprehensive box set of Fania singles that will be gone very quickly. This one is bound to get your toes tapping.

Fifty years ago, New York City musician Johnny Pacheco and his lawyer friend Jerry Masucci started a small Latin music record label and delivered their first albums to record stores across the city — ...

The acquisition includes approximately 19,000 master recordings and 8,000 compositions. On the publishing side, Fania’s catalog includes tunes written by Louis A. Perez and Luis Diaz. Songs sampling ...