Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s ...

There was a time when Fania Records was the most transcendent label in Latin music — hailed as the Motown of salsa. From its meteoric rise in late ’60s New York to its triumphant empire of sound ...

He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” Eddie Palmieri in performance in the early 1960s. From ...

Eighties R&B and pop hitmaker Brenda K. Starr, known for the power ballad "I Still Believe," is among the performers lined up for Festival Latino 2024 in August, according to an announcement by the ...

How does one reinvent salsa, a universally beloved and traditional music genre? That’s the question that 34-year-old salsero Luis Figueroa keeps asking himself. From touring the world with Romeo ...

From Bad Bunny to Shakira, Latin music was the fifth-largest major genre in the country last year. Latin artists, such as Peso Pluma, Kali Uchi, Xavi, Fuerza Regida, Junior H and more, are topping the ...

Cristina Vega, 28, left, dances cumbia with Giancarlo Rinaldini, 24, during a performance by cumbia group Sabor Puro, at La Pesca Market on Jefferson Boulevard in Dallas, on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. Ben ...