In this segment of Latin Roots from World Cafe, Grammy-winning Latin music producer Aaron Levinson and host David Dye ourney through the world of merengue music, starting with its roots in the ...
When considering the Caribbean’s greatest dance bands, Cuba’s Los Van Van and Puerto Rico’s El Gran Combo are usually the first groups Latin music fans think of. But a table at that VIP section should ...
Merengue and bachata may be battling it out for the affections of Dominicans and other tropical music fans, but Héctor (El Torito) Acosta believes there’s enough love to go around. “Both rhythms are ...
Johnny Ventura, the singer, bandleader, composer and arranger who shaped the sound of modern merengue in the 1960s, keeping its tropical rhythms while speeding up the tempos and borrowing from rock ‘n ...
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