A new, eight-part documentary podcast tells the story of Fania Records, the scrappy record company that brought salsa to the ...

Johnny Pacheco, the Dominican-born bandleader and co-founder of Fania Records, which opened the world to salsa music, died Monday. He was 85. His wife, Maria Elena Pacheco, announced his passing at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Ronaldo Bolaños / Los Angeles Times) Last March, the L.A. Times had proclaimed that Nathy Peluso had found her musical language.

How does one reinvent salsa, a universally beloved and traditional music genre? That’s the question that 34-year-old salsero Luis Figueroa keeps asking himself. From touring the world with Romeo ...

To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we’re cataloging 25 objects that define the country’s history. If you're a fan of salsa, you've heard of Celia Cruz. She’s one of the best-selling ...

Sept. 15 (UPI) --Google celebrates Salsa music in a new Doodle, released Monday. The search bar image features a piano, dancing feet and bright colors and coincides with Hispanic Heritage month. "It's ...

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 ...

The Tropical Zone Orchestra and Salsa del Soul got listeners on their feet with their Caribbean rhythms, rich harmonies and ...

The heart of salsa - the fast-tempo, horn-heavy music and its hip-swinging dance style - has beat loudly and strongly in New York for decades. The Bronx even earned the title of "El Condado de la ...

Johnny Pacheco was salsa music. So much so that Pacheco, legendary bandleader, promoter and record executive, was known as the one to name salsa music “salsa” in the 1960s. Pacheco, a longtime North ...

Until recently, Colombian percussionist and bandleader Clodomiro Montes made a decent living doing what he loves best: playing a soulful repertoire of Afro-Caribbean hits at restaurants and nightclubs ...

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