Younger Latinos from the Caribbean fight to preserve salsa music and dance. The deep thump of the bongos, the scraping of the guiro, and the loud chirp of the trumpet -- the pulse of salsa would get ...

José Massó has identified what he calls the "New England sound" over his 47 years hosting WBUR's bilingual show "Con Salsa!" and bringing salsa music and Latin jazz to the Greater Boston area. He ...

After almost 60 years as a Chicagoan, Juan Montenegro, 73, moved to Sarasota with his wife Claire in 2017. Energetically fit and full of el fuego, on one typically sun-soaked Sarasota day, Montenegro ...

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 ...

People dance during a salsa class Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, run by Inés Maldonado of Lehigh Valley Salsa Social, which runs classes for all experience levels in rented space at the Lehigh Valley Active ...

TO HONOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. TONIGHT, IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE VIBRANT SOUNDS AND MUSIC OF THE LOCAL SALSA MUSIC AND DANCING SHOWS US. THIS INCLUDES BRINGING A CULTURAL ENERGY TO THE CITY. IT’S PART OF ...

Rafael Ithier, founder of the emblematic salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, has died at age 99. The pianist, composer and arranger — who served as the orchestra's longtime musical director — ...

Salsa-music legend Rubén Blades is having a moment — several moments, actually — a full four years after the conclusion of his “Caminando, adiós y gracias” (“Walking, good-bye and thanks”) farewell ...

For more than a decade, the Northwest Florida Boricuas Ausentes held its annual Latin Salsa Music Festival at Fort Walton's Landing Park. But after a five year hiatus, NWF Boricuas Ausentes has ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Located on Swan Street in Buffalo, the Pucho Olivencia Center has always been a hub of Hispanic Culture. On Wednesday nights, it’s an opportunity to share that culture through ...

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 ...

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 ...