West Kensington’s Centro Musical is more than a shop — it’s a place for Latinos to come together, play music and celebrate their culture. Centro Musical, located in the heart of El Bloque de Oro, is a ...

Salsa, Mambo, Cha Cha Cha is set to wipe the standard nostalgic images of pre-revolutionary Cuba from theatre-goers minds. The music and dance in the video tease retains the rawness and spontaneity… ...

These days, the world is constantly getting smaller, and musical styles don’t respect national or traditional boundaries. Matisyahu, for example, has made a name for himself by fusing Eastern European ...

Through the story of Celia Cruz we learn about the complexities of belonging and how her music gave her the sense of “home.” Exiled from Cuba, she succeeded in New York and through the world. She was ...

The National Museum of the American Latino presents its second major exhibition on the origins of salsa music. From the streets of Havana to the dance floors of New York and beyond, ¡Puro Ritmo!

“In the Heights” salsa-danced and hip-hopped onto Broadway in 2008. A vivacious homage to the north Manhattan enclave of Washington Heights, it is the first musical smash to fuse rap and salsa music ...

The story of East Harlem is the story of how American music is made. It's where mambo, salsa, and boogaloo converged to give rise to iconic hits like “I Like It Like That,” "Oye Cómo Va," and ...

On a Wednesday night in Dinkelspiel Auditorium, four vocalists rehearse an arrangement of Cuban singer Celia Cruz, accompanied by a pianist to their right. Through these weekly rehearsals, Stanford ...

The term salsa was coined by the music industry to identify the fusion of Afro-Caribbean rhythms—especially Cuban and Puerto Rican—that gained major popularity during the 1960s and 1970s. The birth of ...

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Many people in the world probably like to think of their local or regional area as somewhat special in some way. We here in Western Massachusetts are no different. Western Massachusetts is sometimes ...