This week on Alt.Latino, it's another new music episode with a global panorama: Canary Islands merengue, Chicano soul, ...
This week on Alt.Latino, it's another new music episode with a global panorama: Canary Islands merengue, Chicano soul, ...
INTEMPO's cross-cultural orchestra plays during a recent performance. Photo courtesy of INTEMPO With a firm belief that music education is ...
Lafuente Calvo, who makes music as Guitarricadelafuente, built his stage name from his surname and his instrument—“guitarrica ...
If Flaco Jiménez was conjunto’s crossover ambassador, "the Jimi Hendrix of the accordion" was its avant-garde pied piper.
"We are heartbroken by the passing of an icon whose sound transcended the dance floor and defined an era," read a statement ...
Classical music is for everyone, but an upcoming program by Les Delices is for one particular demographic a little more than ...
Sonido Tejano teaches students the history of the genre, as well as how to play standards from Little Joe, Fito Olivares, and ...
His first album, 1967’s El Malo, sold over 300,000 copies, and Colón later became one of the best-selling salsa artists of all time. His work combined funk, jazz, R&B, Latin rhythms, and the political ...
Willie Colón, the New York-born musician, was a pioneer of salsa music, collaborating with legends Hector Lavoe and Celia Cruz. (AP) ...
Willie Colón, a trombonist, bandleader, composer, and key architect of salsa music, has died. His family confirmed the news ...
The salsa icon and Nuyorican pioneer’s bold trombone sound and landmark collaborations helped define a generation of Latin music.