The salsa icon and Nuyorican pioneer’s bold trombone sound and landmark collaborations helped define a generation of Latin music.
Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. ISMAEL RIVERA JR., nicknamed El Heredero due to his late father Ismael ...
WGN-TV‘s Jewell Hillery says the dance floor is, by far, one of her happy places. So for this edition of Jewell’s Jems on Sunday’s WGN Weekend Morning News, Jewell welcomes Lisa “La Boriqua,” who’s ...
Introduction: a call for rhythm and power / Derrick Le̤n Washington -- On social dancing and social movements: salsa and resistance / Sydney Hutchinson -- Bailando salsa en la sala: how we learned to ...
Salsa started as a Caribbean phenomenon, but it spread all over the world like wildfire, and its devilish rhythm and sinuous melodies are now universal. At its best, salsa can rock as hard as rock. It ...
Puerto Rican-American salsa singer Victor Manuelle has long been called “El Sonero de la Juventud,” or “the Sonero of the Youth.” There isn’t a clear ...
El salsero puertorriqueño Luis Figueroa presentó su nuevo álbum EP, ‘Gris’, en el que redefine la salsa para una nueva era: fresca, intrépida e inconfundiblemente suya. “’Gris’ no es solo un álbum: es ...
NEW YORK CITY -- Iconic Nuyorican salsa musician and activist Willie Colón has died at 75, his family announced in a Facebook post. "It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our ...