When Fidel Morales returned to Havana in 2004 after an extended stay in Panama, and traveling the world as a master drummer, he had an exact focus on the type of record he wanted to produce. Salsa Son ...

Bandleader and flutist Orlando “Maraca” Valle came from Cuba to Culver City on Friday to remind us what great salsa should sound like. His band’s dynamic performance at Sagebrush Cantina displayed all ...

Este fin de semana, se celebrará el Día de la madre, es por ello que se realizará un evento con el fin de rendirle un ...

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 ...

Latin dance party will lift the night The folks that put together the summer long Liverpool Is the Place music series always urge concert-goers to bring chairs and blankets for comfort. Tonight you ...

Take Two translates the day’s headlines for Southern California, making sense of the news and cultural events that affect our lives. Produced by Southern California Public Radio and broadcast from ...

In 1960, New York became the melting pot for Afro-Cuban rhythms by default. Cut off from La Habana, La Gran Manzana became the birthplace of salsa. Meanwhile, far from stagnating, Cubans behind the ...

For the Cuban timba group Tiempo Libre, a 2002 gig at Ravinia provided some needed encouragement. But the importance of the gig for the young musicians really hit home when bandleader Jorge Gomez met ...

Le Jazz et La Salsa, a blog specializing in Caribbean music, recommends these albums released in 2021. This article first appeared in French in Le Monde’s blog Le Jazz et La Salsa. At Year Two of the ...