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Posted On : Friday, May 4 , 2012
In New York, it is not uncommon for restaurants to change owners like most people change cell phones. Whether it is rising rents, evolving neighborhoods, poor sales or mismanagement, even popular eateries often go bust.
Last year, this became a reality for three Latino destinations in Manhattan: La Fonda Boricua and its sister ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, May 4 , 2012
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Jamás ha querido tirar la toalla. Por más que haya tenido que enfrentar la renuncia de cantantes y músicos; batallar contra la piratería de sus álbumes y el plagio ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, April 20 , 2012
The lineup for the Midsummer Night Swing series of concerts this year includes a European boogie-woogie combo with Charlie Watts on drums and a concert by masters of forró music from northeastern Brazil, some of whom have rarely appeared outside ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, April 17, 2012
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Posted On : Monday, April 16 , 2012
Musician and Businessman Pedro Arroyo, the founder of National Salsa Day in Puerto Rico, has died, media reports said. He was 60.
News of Arroyo’s death Saturday saddened the thousands of followers of salsa on the Caribbean island, as well as ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, April 16 , 2012
The ill-fated trip aboard the Titanic, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean 100 years ago today, included a well-to-do Mexican man who had high-level political connections, a rich businessman from Cuba and at least eight passengers from Spain.
Some were ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, April 16 , 2012
The idea that bachata, the Dominican romantic style, is a closed circuit, almost impossible to crack by new talent, is given a new dose of credence with the emergence of Vena, a young supergroup ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, April 4 , 2012
Age is just a number when it comes to love.
This weekend, 54-year-old actor Alec Baldwin proposed to his 28-year-old yoga instructor girlfriend, Hilaria Thomas. ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, April 4 , 2012
On Wednesday, ESPN released its first Spanish language ad. "Esto es SportsCenter," the ad reads. The translation: "This is SportsCenter".
The decision to run a Spanish language ad is a reflection of the company's growing Latino audience, according to ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, April 4 , 2012
Though he plays the role of the ultimate Latin lover in his hit songs and videos, Romeo Santos insists that he’s “extremely shy.”
After watching his seductive moves in the videos for “Promise,” in which he’s joined by R&B ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, April 4 , 2012
By Bill Santiago - Huffpost.com
Tell you the truth, soon as I hear salsa music, even if it's just instrumental, I automatically start thinking in Spanish. Can't help it. It's one of those subconscious environmental triggers that keeps us ... Read More
Posted On : Saturday, March 31, 2012
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Posted On : Thursday, March 22 , 2012
It’s not everyday a 99-year-old salsero is honored in New York.
Enrique “Quique” Lucca Caraballo, founder of legendary salsa band La Sonora Ponceña, was born on Dec. ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, March 22 , 2012
Colombian salsa band Guayacan Orquestra is making a permanent move to Madrid due to excessive negative tabloid coverage, the group’s director and founder Alexis Lozano announced in an interview with Spanish online magazine El Poder de tu Musica Wednesday.
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Posted On : Thursday, March 22 , 2012
By Josh Langhoff 6 March 2012
PopMatters Associate Music Editor
¡Qué grande es el amor!
Bachata music has lately threatened to ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, March 22 , 2012
THE world is celebrating the 85th birthday of Gabriel García Márquez, a Latin American icon. To honor the Colombian writer, One Hundred Years of Solitude, his ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, March 7 , 2012
Marvin Ramos and Amy DancerChen Social Salsa - Hong Kong SALSA FESTIVAL 2012. Video by AmyCdance
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Posted On : Friday, March 2 , 2012
CARACAS, Venezuela — Corrugated tin roofs, ramshackle cinder-block huts, labyrinthine streets caked with garbage and rubble, the possibility of random violence at any turn. And this section of the Sarría barrio is not even bad for Caracas.
But Sarría also plays ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, March 2 , 2012
Marc Anthony spiced with salsa the second night of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival and set the evening on fire with a tremendous burst of Caribbean rhythms, wild dancing and an outreach to the crowd too warm, friendly and personal to be nothing but an act. ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, March 2 , 2012
Larry “El Judio Maravilloso” Harlow of New York City is one of the legendary salsa piano players alive. He began climbing in his career when the term “salsa” was coined by Tico Records. Larry has played with countless legends in the Latin ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, March 2 , 2012
Tito Puente Jr., son of legendary Latin musician Tito "El Rey" Puente, continues to forge forward down a path his late father laid for many to follow. Comparisons are unfair, as both men are individually recognizable in sound and way different in ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, March 2 , 2012
By Chris Richards, Updated: Friday, March 2, 11:00 PM
NEW YORK — On a Friday night late last month, Romeo Santos paces the stage of Madison Square Garden practically on tiptoe. Crooning in pillowy Spanglish, he blows kisses to ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, February 23 , 2012
Dominican singer-songwriter Juan Luis Guerra denied on Tuesday a report that he left his long-time church in Santo Domingo because his wife was jealous of the female pastor.
Pastor Lucy Cosme, who heads the evangelical Villa Bendicion ministry, said Guerra 's wife, Nora, accused her of being in love ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, February 23 , 2012
Posted On : Thursday, February 23 , 2012
I was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, just a few hours from the U.S.-Mexico border. My family has lived there for nine generations, under multiple flags. As a Mexican-American growing up in a city with a large, established Hispanic community, my hybrid identity was not unique; many friends ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, February 23 , 2012
by JASMINE GARSD
In a recent conversation with the Washington, D.C.-based Latin radio personality Pedro Biaggi, I asked him about the massive growth of the bachata genre. He said it was barely present in his station's format a few decades ago, but that today, it's roughly 70 percent of ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, February 16 , 2012
President Barack Obama’s re-election team has issued its 2012 campaign playlist, the two dozen or so songs it will play to pump up supporters at his speeches and rallies.
The tracks include some old favorites — like Al Green’s ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, February 9 , 2012
Posted On : Tuesday, February 7 , 2012
Edgar Orozco is an example that, with perseverance and effort, a person can win a scholarship to top-level universities like Harvard, despite having received an education below that generally demanded by colleges of that type.
"When I was in ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, February 7 , 2012
The World to Brooklyn, a new series showcasing vibrant artists from different cultures in an exciting new venue in downtown Brooklyn, continues on February 11th with one of Cuba’s hottest exports— singer and percussion ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, February 7 , 2012
MIAMI — Univision and Disney are in talks to create a 24-hour news channel for Latinos in English, two sources close to the negotiations said Monday.
Both sources declined to go on the record because they were not authorized to speak.
The goal would ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, February 7 , 2012
A group of Latin jazz musicians are planning to hold a concert in Los Angeles on the same night as the Grammy Awards to protest the decision that eliminated 31 categories from this year’s awards, protest organizers announced Monday. The ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 26, 2012
THE LATIN JAZZ SHOW (The Voice of Latin Jazz and Salsa) The Latin Jazz Show was created, and first produced on April 6, 2005 in the City of Richmond, Virginia. Initially, the founder and host, "The Voice of Latin Jazz" Luis (Sweet Lou) Hidalgo, was interested in buying advertising time on a local ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 26 , 2012
About 200 Giants fans gathered at the Modell’s store in Times Square on Tuesday to watch New York’s No. 80, Paterson native Victor Cruz, show off his famous salsa moves.
Victor Cruz dances salsa at the Modell's Times Square store Tuesday evening in Manhattan.
Fans waited for hours ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 26 , 2012
Rodrigo y Gabriela has expanded from a duo of fast-paced guitar maestros to a composition of an expansive sound that includes a 13-piece band called C.U.B.A. on their latest studio album Area 52. This latest album pushes the duo into the realm of a salsa club ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 26 , 2012
The 10th anniversary concert of the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra couldn’t encompass all the ambitions of this remarkable New York institution, even in two generous sets on Friday night that kicked off the group’s two-night appearance at Symphony Space.
The orchestra, founded and directed by the pianist Arturo O’Farrill, ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 26 , 2012
he Bachata Legends
The Bachata Legends (iASO Records iASCD7, 2011)
The iASO label continues its admirable traditional bachata rescue work with a new album titled The Bachata Legends. This oustanding collection brings together some of the best performers of the rootsier form of Dominican bachata, which is characterized ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 26 , 2012
Rare Record of The Week: Yo Vine Pa Bailar - Pedro Ramos y Su Orquesta - DJ Vico - DJ Tito - (New York)
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Posted On : Thursday, January 12 , 2012
You can't turn on a Latin radio station without hearing the Spanglish crooning of Romeo Santos, the "Bachata King" to his fans. The 30-year-old artist's smooth vocals tell stories of love and yearning in his modernized version of ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 12 , 2012
WHENEVER I read about people who are in thrall to a dance craze, my world suddenly seems too small. Oh, to dance the mazurka until my footmen are forced to carry me home on a makeshift gurney at dawn; oh, to spurn a dinner invitation to ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 12 , 2012
- Primitivo Santos - Dj Tabogo
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Posted On : Friday, January 6 , 2012
Article by Jennifer Gonzalez - Visit her Salsa blog at
http://salsacasinoindc.blogspot.com/
It seems anyone can be ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 5 , 2012
Bio Ritmo doesn't look like a traditional salsa band: A mix of Anglos and Latinos, the members don't wear uniforms on stage. Instead, they dress with individual style, from punk and working-class to velvet-and-polyester vintage-clad dandies.
Its Latin rhythmic framework remains essentially unchanged ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 5 , 2012
In Principal’s Office, a regular feature of SchoolBook, a city school principal is interviewed for insights into school management and the life of a school leader. What do you think makes a good principal? Join the conversation below.
Vasthi Acosta is the principal of the Amber Charter School, a ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 5 , 2012
Actress Salma Hayek has been selected by the French government to be inducted into the National Order of the Legion of Honour with the grade of Chevalier, or "Knight," Fox News Latino reports.
Hayek was chosen by French President Nicolas Sarkozy to receive the honor and will ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 5 , 2012
Dr. Blas Falconer, a poet and Austin Peay State University professor of English, grew up in northern Virginia, the son of a Puerto Rican mother and a Caucasian father of German-Scottish descent. Occasionally, in an effort to reconnect with his mother’s heritage, he’d flip through books of verse by the Puerto Rican ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, January 5 , 2012
Rare Salsa Song of The Week: Leon y Sus Leones La Murga - Dj Tabogo
more visit:www.golpeybembe.com ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, December 29 , 2011
A salsa song and video documents the suffering that travelling in the Transmilenio public transportation system of Bogota represents for its users.
With humor and precise lyrics and accompanied by images of overcrowding and abuses users suffer daily, the salsa song “What we ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, December 29 , 2011
When the group that organizes the Grammy Awards abruptly announced last April that it was cutting nearly a third of the award categories and eliminating trophies for smaller genres like Latin jazz and zydeco, it did not take long for the protests ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The Copa was the place to be Tuesday night for dancers who love live music. The Copacabana Night Club & Heineken presented their Latin Christmas party featuring Ray De La Paz and his Orchestra Del Sabor, under the direction of Trumpet player Pete Nater! Ray De La Paz is the last original member ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, December 26 , 2011
Pupi Campo, a Cuban bandleader who brought rippling syncopation to Jack Paar’s “Morning Show” on CBS television in the early 1950s and to his long career in nightclubs around the country, died on Dec. 12 at a hospice in Las Vegas. He was 91.
His wife, Joette, confirmed the ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, December 26 , 2011
We've known it for years. In fact, most of us have been claiming this would happen and were just waiting. Then the 2010 Census only confirmed what we already knew. There are 50.5 million residents of the United States that are of ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, December 26 , 2011
Montuneando - Juancho Vargas
Dj Eric B - Maryland USA
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Posted On : Sunday, December 18 , 2011
It is tempting to describe this year’s FIFA Club World Cup final as men against boys — so completely and easily did Barcelona outplay the Brazilian team Santos on Sunday night in Yokohama, Japan.
The temptation is wrong.
Lionel Messi, the man of the ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, December 9 , 2011
On Saturday, Dec. 17, the Apollo Theater will pulsate with the fusion of expressive Latino movement and contemporary athleticism when the nation's preeminent Latino dance company, Ballet Hispanico, sweeps onto the iconic stage, buoyed ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, December 9 , 2011
The year started with an emotional closing of the Broadway musical “In the Heights” on Jan. ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, December 9 , 2011
Rita Moreno turns 80 this Sunday. It’s hard to connect that number with her. She looks and is as terrific as ever.
As time goes by, I ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, December 9 , 2011
Our selection of the top 5 Salsa dancing videos uploaded on youtube this week ( 12/09/11)
Use the comment section to let us know what you think, did we miss a ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, December 1 , 2011
Our selection of the top 5 Salsa videos uploaded on youtube.
Uploaded on the week of 11/28/11. Use the
comment section to let us know what you think, did we miss a ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, December 1 , 2011
“Dancing with the Stars” has helped spur interest in ballroom dancing, but for many who would like to follow in the footsteps of the stars, lessons are often too expensive, too far away and socially awkward in the extreme.
But if your partner is a mobile device, ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, December 1 , 2011
We speak to New Jersey-born director Leon Gast about Our Latin Thing, a film documenting a Fania All-Stars concert and Latino life in Manhattan (New York) in 1971. The film was reissued earlier this year and is fast becoming known as THE definitive salsa documentary. In our opinion it is one of ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, November 30 , 2011
Posted On : Wednesday, November 16 , 2011
Our selection of the top 5 Salsa videos uploaded on youtube.
Uploaded on the week of 11/16/11. ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, November 16 , 2011
Juan Luis Guerra’s protégé Vicente Garcia is not your typical Dominican artist.
Hailing from a country where Merengue and Bachata are usually the norm, Garcia has cut out his own path fusing soul, reggae and even old school Mo-Town.
“I had the opportunity to visit many countries while touring with ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, November 16 , 2011
(AP) NEW YORK — Fernando Botero's monumental bronze "Dancers" fetched over $1.7 million dollars at a New York auction, setting a new record for a sculpture by the renowned Colombian artist.
The 10 feet 5 inches tall sculpture, which depicts a couple standing face to face, as if about to start ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, November 3 , 2011
To hear writer Julia Alvarez tell it, she was a “terrible” student, until her sixth grade teacher had an inspired idea.
She told the Dominican-American girl: “If you don’t find people like you in your books, write your own books!”
Alvarez took the challenge to heart. And decades later, the ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, November 3 , 2011
New York's Latino community will walk the walk next week to show its support for Occupy Wall Street – planning an 11-mile march from Washington Heights to lower Manhattan as a sign of solidarity.
State Sen. Adriano Espaillat, City Council Member Ydanis Rodríguez and other Latino leaders are planning ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, November 3 , 2011
Food and beverage giant Nestlé is preying on Latinos in the Bronx by selling them bottled water, a watchdog group claims.
Nestlé opened the country's first Pure Life bottled water store in Longwood two years ago and has used Spanish television commercials to market the water to Latinos as a healthy ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, November 3 , 2011
Rare Record of The Week: Yo Quiero que Seas Fiel - TNT Band
Dj Tabago
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Posted On : Wednesday, November 2 , 2011
Lemon Andersen was a Brooklyn-born child of heroin addicts whose parents died of AIDS. He dropped out of school, spent time in jail for robbery and dealing crack, but eventually turned his life around when he discovered his gift for poetry and performing.
When filmmakers and Beth Levison started filming him ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, November 2 , 2011
Posted On : Wednesday, November 2 , 2011
"This is an Irish pub," the red-haired barman was saying.On a rainy late-summer night, I sat with a group of friends at an old pub on Manhattan's Upper West Side. The Abbey is a neighborhood institution near Columbia University, in an ethnically-rich part of town within walking distance of Harlem and El ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, November 1 , 2011
Wide Receiver Victor Cruz saved the New York Giants from an embarrassing defeat against the Miami Dolphins yesterday, with a 25 yard touchdown followed by his signature salsa dance.
With only 6 minutes left in the game, Victor Cruz caught a 25 yard pass from Eli Manning, ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, November 1 , 2011
If you wholeheartedly enjoy salsa music and dancing, this is the perfect story for you. The book "A Baliar! Let's Dance!" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, with illustrations by Christina Ann Rodriguez, is a rhythmic ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, November 1 , 2011
Frommer’s travel guide picked Lima, Peru as its Top Food & Drink Destination of 2012.
In its recommendation Frommer’s wrote: “Lima's cultural miscegenation -- a rich stew of Spanish, African, Chinese and Japanese -- is ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, October 18 , 2011
Usually, when an M.C. asks, “Do you want to dance?,” the question is a prod. When the Cuban choreographer Roclan González Chavez posed it at the end of his “Kings of Salsa” concert on Sunday afternoon, the answer had already been confirmed.
It seemed that half the audience at ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, October 18 , 2011
Latinos may have helped Barack Obama become president, but as his support in that community wanes, the White House shored up support with a summit at Baruch College in Manhattan on Tuesday. NY1's Bobby Cuza filed the following report.
It was a full squad of White House officials that trooped to ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, October 18 , 2011
Posted On : Thursday, September 29 , 2011
Shakira, the pop diva from Colombia, will be honored as the person of the year at the Latin Grammys in November. The president of the Latin Recording Academy, Gabriel Abaroa Jr., said the singer was being honored for her philanthropic work as well as her successful ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, September 29 , 2011
Latino voters were a large reason why Barack Obama was able to win the 2008 election so overwhelmingly. But Obama's approval ratings have been down lately, leaving some to wonder if the GOP can entice Latinos away from Obama and get them ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, September 29 , 2011
In a My Latino Voice exclusive interview, CNN anchor and special correspondent Soledad O'Brien and Senior Producer Rose Arce speak with My Latino Voice about their new documentary, In Her Corner, the next installment of the Latino in America series.....
(full article via mylatinovoice.com http://goo.gl/VHleI ) ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, September 7 , 2011
The Girl Scouts of the USA has appointed its first Latina CEO in its nearly 100-year-old history. Come November, Mexican-American Anna Maria Chávez will begin her appointment as the 19th leader of the 3.2 million-member organization. We had a chance to chat with the Arizona native, and here's what she had to ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, September 7 , 2011
In 10 years, Colombian salsa band La 33 went from doing low-paying bar gigs to being the country's most famous salsa orchestra touring the world. However, the Bogota-based band is not done, the band's director, Sergio Mejia, told Colombia Reports.
Why is the group called ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, September 7 , 2011
GolpeyBembe: Rare Item of The Week. Mambo Mania - Xavier Cugat - Dj Tabogo
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Posted On : Thursday, September 1, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 7pm to 12am ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, August 16 , 2011
Eddie Palmieri slid into a booth at the Copacabana, next to a column resembling a plaster cast of a palm tree. The décor was a throwback to this newly reopened Manhattan nightclub's namesake, a mid-20th-century hotspot. It recalled a moment when mambo was ascendant and the Afro-Cuban musical tradition deepend its elemental ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, August 11 , 2011
The Latinbeat film festival in New York, starting on Wednesday, will present 23 films of different genres from 11 countries in Latin America as well as France, Germany, Spain and the United States.
Argentina will be present in a big way at this 12th edition of the festival with six films. ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, August 11 , 2011
World-famous salsa musician Willie Colon came to Cali at the end of July and talked salsa with a local reporter, marveling at the vivacity of Colombian salsa and its fans.
In the last couple of months Colon has traveled all over the country, visiting not only the capital and Medellin for ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, August 1 , 2011
San Juan, Jul 31, 2011 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Ana Santos and Adrian Rodriguez of Spain won first prize at the 2011 Puerto Rico Salsa Congress, considered to be the most important international salsa competition, for the third time after winning in 2007 and 2008, organizers said Sunday.
Coming in in ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, August 1 , 2011
Álvaro José Arroyo, better known as "Joe," died Tuesday of multiple organ failure on the intensive care unit of a Barranquilla hospital. The Colombian singer and composer was 55.
On Tuesday, July 26, Colombia mourned the death of its salsa star in a six-hour funerary procession in Baranquilla. In both his ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, August 1 , 2011
La historia involucra acusaciones de explotación del artista. Su biógrafo desenreda la madeja.
Fueron palabras de alto calibre: "Lo mataron, a mi papá lo mataron".
La frase la pronunció Eykol Arroyo -la tercera hija de Álvaro José Arroyo-, en el mismo instante ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, August 1 , 2011
Mexico City, Jul 30, 2011 (EFE via COMTEX) -- The artistic director and one of the founders of the popular Colombian salsa band La Sonora Dinamita, Pedro Manuel Osorio, died at a hospital in this capital of a heart attack, his press office said.
"His decease comes after he suffered a ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, August 1 , 2011
Los Angeles – The interest sparked by a lesbian scene featuring Eva Longoria and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo has marked the U.S. debut of the comedy "Without Men."
In the film, Longoria distances herself from her well-known character in "Desperate Housewives" to play the part of a strong-willed ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, July 26 , 2011
Nació Álvaro José Arroyo González, pero pasó a la historia de la música como Joe Arroyo y en su natal Colombia lo llamaban simplemente "El Joe".
Y aunque es posible que en América Latina haya quien no conozca su nombre, lo más probable es que todos hayan escuchado al ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, July 26 , 2011
The singer reportedly died around 7:45AM after spending nearly a month in the hospital where his health deteriorated.Colombian salsa legend Joe Arroyo died Tuesday at 55 after several weeks in a Barranquilla hospital, several media reported.He was given his final sacrament Monday evening.Following his hospitalization, the singer's health deteriorated and he was ... Read More
Posted On : Saturday, July 23 , 2011
A message to those who still think that outside of Manhattan New York is a cultural wasteland: You need to go out more.
Go out Wednesday night, for example, to the Fiesta Cubana that kicks off this year's Latino Cultural Festival at the Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens and ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, July 19, 2011
It is summer time again in NYC, which means A LOT of things: stinky streets, crowds of tourists, noisy neighbors, freezing trains with sweat-lodge-like stations, and sunburns just trying to get to the corner deli. But for those of us who can't get dancing off our minds at any ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, July 18 , 2011
Highlights - Mejores Jugadas - Chile x Venezuela - Copa América 2011
Final Score ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, July 18 , 2011
For Hollywood power couple Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, the number 7 isn't so lucky.
The couple released a joint statement Friday announcing their "very difficult decision" to end their seven-year marriage. It was Lopez's third marriage and Anthony's second.
The news shook the celebrity world, which had begun to ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, July 18 , 2011
Highlights - Mejores Jugadas - Brasil x Paraguay - Copa América 2011
Final Score ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, July 18 , 2011
Queens Theatre in the Park (QTP) announced the Chase 2011 Latino Cultural Festival, which will take place from July 20 – 24, 2011, at Queens Theatre in the Park. This is the 15th year of the festival, which will feature 8 events including music, dance, comedy, spoken word, film, and family-friendly performances. ... Read More
Posted On : Sunday, July 17 , 2011
Highlights - Mejores Jugadas - Argentina x Uruguay - Copa América 2011
Final Score
Argentina 1 (5)
Uruguay 1 (4)More Copa America
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Posted On : Sunday, July 17 , 2011
Highlights - Colombia x Peru - Copa América 2011
Final Score
Colombia 0
Peru 2More Copa America
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Posted On : Sunday, July 17 , 2011
Quito – Salsa star Marc Anthony captivated more than 20,000 fans in the Ecuadorian capital with a show packed with explosive energy.
Some of his all-time hits like "Contra la Corriente" (Against the Current), "Valio la Pena" (It Was Worth It), and "Tu Amor Me Hace Bien" (Your Love ... Read More
Posted On : Sunday, July 17 , 2011
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela boarded a plane bound for Cuba on Saturday to receive more treatment for a cancer whose details still remain a mystery to the outside world.
Just one day after reports were swirling that Mr. Chávez was headed here to São ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, July 15 , 2011
Jeanette Cardona originally planned on naming her new Webster Avenue dance studio and boutique Casa Cardona. But considering the studio's offerings, which include instruction in both belly and pole dancing, Cardona decided instead to take a risk and be bold, maybe even a little risqué, in naming her new business. ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, July 15 , 2011
Joey Medina doesn't exactly fight himself during his comedy routines.
His professional boxing background definitely is in his corner.
"It's just like boxing," said Medina, who, in his early 30s, went from throwing punches ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, July 15 , 2011
Los Angeles – Sofia Vergara and Edgar Ramirez are among the nominees for the 63rd annual primetime Emmy Awards, to be presented Sept. 18.
Vergara is nominated in the category of outstanding supporting actress in a comedy for her work on ABC's "Modern Family," while Ramirez received a nomination ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, July 15 , 2011
Candido de Guerra Camero, also known simply as Candido (born April 22, 1921) is a Cuban percussionist (mainly conga and bongo) who backed many Afro-Cuban jazz and straightforward jazz acts since the 1950s. Although he has been credited as the first person to use the congas in jazz music,[1] it is well ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, July 14, 2011
Bachata has become the joke of the town, I have been dancing bachata for about 20 years and a few years ago i notice that bachata has become pretty big. With the help of the internet and specially youtube bachata has gone to places I never thought bachata will go. Being said ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, July 14, 2011
The New York salsa congress is having a bachata contest this year, and this is one of the rules.
"Performances must consist of 70% Bachata dancing."
What is that mean? can anyone tell me?
here is the link to the rules:
http://www.nycsalsacongress.com/bachata%20dance%20competition.html ... Read More
Posted On : Thursday, July 14 , 2011
Highlights - Brasil x Ecuador - Copa America 2011
Final Score
Brasil 4
Ecuador 2More Copa America
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Posted On : Thursday, July 14 , 2011
Highlights - Paraguay x Venezuela - Copa América 2011
Final Score
Paraguay 3
Venezuela 3More Copa America
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Posted On : Thursday, July 14 , 2011
Miami – Singer Prince Royce is seeking to broaden his fan base with his first disc in English, which he is recording simultaneously with his second disc in Spanish.
"We're starting two careers at the same time. A lot of people know me for my 'Spanglish,' and ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Oh, how we've missed it. The Copa. The legendary artists for free (well sometimes $5). The vast cavernous basement Mecca of Salsa, the energy, the music, the terrible floor ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, July 13 , 2011
Highlights - Uruguay x Mexico - Copa America 2011
Final Score
Uruguay 1
Mexico 0More Copa America
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Posted On : Wednesday, July 13 , 2011
Highlights - Peru x Chile - Copa America 2011
Final Score
Peru 0
Chile 1More Copa America
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Posted On : Tuesday, July 12 , 2011
NEW YORK – The Big Apple's legendary Copacabana night club, which opened its doors for the first time in 1940, this week is beginning operations in a new location and kicking things off with the music of salsa giant Willie Colon.The Copa's fourth home is in Times Square.The new establishment will house ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, July 12 , 2011
Highlights - Argentina x Costa Rica - Copa America 2011
Final Score
Argentina 3
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Posted On : Monday, July 11 , 2011
Highlights - Colombia x Bolivia - Copa America 2011
Final Score
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Posted On : Sunday, July 10 , 2011
Like Jacob Marley confronting the ghost of Christmas past, writer Oscar Hijuelos sees things on 118th Street and Amsterdam Avenue that are no longer there. It's a "haunted feeling," he says, gazing down the New York City street where he was raised.Hijuelos has written eight novels exploring.... ... Read More
Posted On : Sunday, July 10 , 2011
Diversity. If I had to sum up the Brooklyn Museum in one word I'd say diversity. The museum is one of the oldest and largest in the country and continues to surprise often jaded New Yorkers with better and better exhibits. In addition to the numerous adult public programs available during July ... Read More
Posted On : Sunday, July 10 , 2011
Merengue phenom Rita Indiana is known as la montra (the monster) back home in the Dominican Republic and now New York music fans are getting a glimpse of why. The six-foot tall musician—on tour as part of the July 6-9 Latin Alternative Music Conference (LAMC)—is winning over audiences with her multifaceted style that blends ... Read More
Posted On : Sunday, July 10 , 2011
Highlights - Venezuela x Ecuador - Copa America 2011
Final Score
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Posted On : Sunday, July 10 , 2011
Mejores Jugadas - Brasil x Paraguay Copa América 2011
Final Score: Brasil 2 x Paraguay 2
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Posted On : Saturday, July 9 , 2011
Manuel Galbán, a Cuban guitarist best known for his work with the all-star ensemble Buena Vista Social Club and its various offshoots, died on Thursday in Havana. He was 80.
The cause was cardiac arrest, said World Circuit Records, the British label for which he most recently recorded. ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, July 8 , 2011
The Bronx has long been known as "el condado de la salsa," or the borough of salsa.
Since the fast-paced rhythm and melodies first arrived in the United States from Cuba in the 1930s, no place in the world has done more to ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, July 8 , 2011
Mejores Jugadas - Bolivia x Costa Rica Copa América 2011
Final Score: Bolivia 0 .Costa Rica 2
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Posted On : Friday, July 8 , 2011
The Bronx has long been known as "el condado de la salsa," or the borough of salsa.
Since the fast-paced rhythm and melodies first arrived in the United States from Cuba in the 1930s, no place in the world has done more to advance the musical genre than the ... Read More
Posted On : Friday, July 8 , 2011
A man from the western city of Cali has collected thousands of pictures of salsa stars spanning four decades.
Carlos Molina has taken more than 20,000 photos of historic and current salsa musicians since 1971 and boasts another 10,000 collected pictures and promotional ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, July 4 , 2011
In a tribute to the musical genre that gave the borough its popular nickname, "El Condado De La Salsa," Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. will host the first-ever "Bronx SalsaFest" July 7 – 10, featuring outdoor and ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, July 4 , 2011
By September 2001, the Latin pop boom was peaking.
I'd just spent several days preparing a preview feature about the Latin Grammy Awards that highlighted one of the Latin music scene's premier rivalries — Los Angeles vs. Miami — ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Hello Everybody, I would like to welcome you to my first article ever about…what else? Salsa! I am looking forward to discussing different topics about salsa, the music, the dancing and the salsa scene in general. It is something that interests all of us and it is so exciting to have the ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 29, 2011
In the 1930s, 40s and 50s, Cubans in New York, living among many Latinos from influenced most importantly by African American music. Their music included son and guarachas, as well as tango, bolero, rumba, mambo and danzones, with prominentinfluences from jazz…. ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 29, 2011
I found myself recently in a Salsa class for beginners and could not help but look at the great energy and the faces of happiness of everybody in the room. That scene reminded me of myself when I first started taking Salsa classes.The year was 2005, summer of 2005 to be more precise. Taking Salsa classes was to ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 29 , 2011
As they prepare to perform in September for The 11th Annual Salsa Congress in New York, 567salsa.com got the chance to talk with Jerry Hernandez from Orquesta ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, June 27 , 2011
The 27th season of Lincoln Center's Midsummer Night Swing opens Monday on a brand new dance floor in Damrosch Park. But if statistics from last year are any indication, only 10% of the crowd will be on it.
For the rest, ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, June 27 , 2011
When Conrad Colon started working for Goya Foods, the company only had about 30,000 square feet in Manhattan to call its own.
But in the 53 years since then, Colon has seen Goya move its headquarters from Manhattan to Brooklyn in ... Read More
Posted On : Sunday, June 26 , 2011
Panamanian singer and actor Ruben Blades will be honored with the Raul Julia Award by the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors during its annual gala on Oct. 17.
The 62-year-old Blades is best known as a salsa icon and former presidential candidate, ... Read More
Posted On : Sunday, June 26 , 2011
Dance the night away at the first annual Mid Summer Salsa Festival Friday, July 29 through Sunday, July 31 at the West Gate Lounge in the Best Western Nyack on Hudson.
The goal of the festival is to celebrate Latin Music, ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
Because of a long renovation of El Museo del Barrio's Fifth Avenue building, four years have passed since the museum's last "bi-annual" survey of new Latino, Caribbean and Latin American art. As if to make up for lost time, the new edition is the biggest so ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
Rappers Tego Calderón, La Mala Rodríguez and Vivo C will all be seen next month at “The Spot”—a new creative space curated by Latino-oriented digital city guide Remezcla—where Latino artists, performers and filmmakers will get to collaborate and promote Latin culture.
Calderón, who appeared alongside Don Omar, Vin Diesel, and Ludacris in this ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
Last December, pianist Arturo O'Farrill and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra left New York City for Cuba, along with O'Farrill's mother, his wife and his two teenage sons. The orchestra headlined the Havana International Jazz Plaza Festival, which was dedicated to O'Farrill's father, the legendary New York bandleader Chico O'Farrill.
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Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
Nicaraguan salsa star Luis Enrique has given a big break to young singers Prince Royce and Alex Cuba on his new disc, "Soy y Sere" (I Am and Will Be), which goes on sale July 19.
"It's great to share music with people you connect with," the 48-year-old "prince of salsa" told Efe. ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
La-33 has released a biographical animated video titled "10 years, one decade of salsa," which documents the birth and growth of Bogota's emblematic salsa band.
In a comic-style video of under three minutes in length, the salsa-funk band shows the process of creating and forming the orchestra, the musical influences of the band ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
Given that one of my all-time favorite Salsa singers was known to reach the top of his career in Colombia and is beloved by Colombians all over the ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
Alright. Hopefully you have read Part I of this thread and are now familiar with getting into the salsa scene, and the types of girls you can meet there.
Now, I want to talk to you about how to build social circles and ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
What irony! Despite all their grandiose rhetoric about Latin American unity, Brazil, Argentina and Chile have not yet come out in support of Agustín Carstens, the Latin American candidate to head the International Monetary Fund.
Earlier this week, I asked Carstens, a Mexican, whether he is disappointed that the three South American countries ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
The theme for this year’s National Association of Hispanic Journalists’ convention is “Un Nuevo Amanecer: A New Day for Our Story.” As we gather in Orlando over the next few days, these words have become more fitting than we initially envisioned.
Soon after the convention ends, the organization will be reducing its staff ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
Worldwide, the fashion capitals are Paris, New York and Milan. For Latin America, it’s increasingly Miami.
The latest evidence: The Spanish-language version of the hit TV show, Project Runway, will begin filming in Miami on July 11, bringing a new roster of burgeoning fashion designers with Latin flair to compete for a top ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 22 , 2011
YOUTUBE.COM — Currently there are hundreds of thousands of Latin dance videos on YouTube (if not millions, who knows), and there is one particular video that seems to continue getting millions of views. Currently at a little above 27.4 million hits, the video featuring two of the best Bachata dancers in the ... Read More
Posted On : Wednesday, June 15, 2011
We are currently seeking new students to support Save The Mambo campaign. Uptwon Mambo in collaboration with www.savethemambo.com is currently seeking die-hard salsa people to come and support the cause. Cultural Arts Center located 4450 Broadway, 2nd Floor NYC. ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, June 14 , 2011
Over the past two decades or so, the music and dance of Cuba have seen a steady increase in fans, not just here in Singapore but all over the world. Its explosion had plenty to do with the 1997 release of Buena Vista Social Club, a recording of veteran Cuban musicians organised ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, June 14 , 2011
Carlos Acosta's story reads like a fairytale. The son of a truck driver, he grew up in Havana with 10 siblings, and went on to become the star of the Royal Ballet.
Now aged 38 and living in London, he feels he has "maybe three more years" before he will retire.
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Posted On : Tuesday, June 14 , 2011
June 13, 2011 – Last Saturday Eddie Palmieri and his orchestra performed as part of the 2011 Playboy Jazz Festival, and Los Angeles received them with open arms. “Eddie Palmieri was amazing,” said Alberto Gonzalez, the bandleader of the local Salsa band LA Salsa Caliente. "He opened up with one of his classic ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, June 14 , 2011
Sheena Larson Dancing Salsa On2 with Jimmy Bosch
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Posted On : Monday, June 13 , 2011
WASHINGTON — The island's residents may not be able to vote for him on Election Day, but President Obama has good reason to head to Puerto Rico next week — and not just for the Caribbean music and the Creole cooking.
When he sets down in San Juan on Tuesday, Obama will be ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, June 13 , 2011
The singer enjoys calling the shots as a detective on TNT's 'HawthoRNe,' on his TV new project, 'Q'Viva,' and as a minority owner of the Miami Dolphins.
Grammy-winning salsa star Marc Anthony returns to TNT's "HawthoRNe" as an executive producer and Det. Nick Renata, a guest spot that graduates to a recurring character ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, June 13 , 2011
Rio de Janeiro just played host to the second edition of Dell Women’s Entrepreneurs Network (DWEN), from June 5th to June 7th. Having spent three inspiring days with these world-class female participants and speakers, we thought it was time to turn the spotlight on the feminine side of the Latin American startup ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, June 13 , 2011
NEW YORK — New York City's Fifth Avenue was awash in the red, white and blue of the Puerto Rican flag on Sunday as the Puerto Rican Day parade stepped off under gray skies.
The crowds were thinner on many blocks than in previous years, which some attributed to the thunderstorms forecast for ... Read More
Posted On : Monday, June 13 , 2011
Joaquin "Joe" Claussell does not need much of an introduction amongst the dance music aficionados. Be it as a DJ, a remix producer, a record label head (Sacred Rhythm, Spiritual Life), or even a record store manager/owner (Dance Tracks), he's been deeply involved in New York's and the international dance scene since ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, May 24 , 2011
Ernesto "Tito" Puente (1923-2000) had no use for boundaries, which is why he did more than anyone to bring Latin music and jazz together on the same page. Yet as his longtime friend and Boswell, Joe Conzo, notes in "Mambo Diablo: My Journey With Tito Puente" (2010), the percussionist, composer and bandleader ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, May 24 , 2011
Fitness craze Zumba will release a new version of its top-selling Wii dance game this winter. Announced last week, the new game will feature customizable playlists and step-by-step tutorials from celebrity instructors.
Fans of the game can expect a North American release for Wii this winter for the holiday gift season, with
news on ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, May 24 , 2011
"I'm putting on eyeliner." My good friend on the other end of the phone knows exactly what I mean when I say this.
She laughs. "You're going out tonight, are you?"
We've had this conversation many times in the past few months, ever since my divorce and the onset of a new life. Sharing ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, May 24 , 2011
You won’t find many Cuban sandwich shops around San Francisco or Cuban coffee on the menu at many taquerías, but those interested in Latin music and dance can’t swing a batá drum without hitting a Cuban salsa class or finding Afro-Cuban-style timba music in clubs
Though the Cuban population in the Bay Area ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, May 24 , 2011
Described as a “horror disco novela,” Immigrantula is a short film about the struggles of undocumented immigrant workers who have come to America to find work, but without green cards they are subject to a life without protection or rights.
The film was part of the performance art show ‘We Have Come to Take Your ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Where did the term Salsa come from? I read in Latin Beat magazine that Chano Pozo and some of the others used to call out Salsa (which means sauce as in hot sauce) during the really hot jams. Another story is that like a good sauce, they added more and ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, April 12, 2011
A la perseverancia de Jaime Rodríguez, trombón conmocionante.Son ya varias las ocasiones que el carismático trombonista Jimmy Bosch ha tocado en Bogotá, capital colombiana con un grupo numeroso de ejecutantes de este instrumento de viento, motivador de una interesante cantidad de agrupaciones, aquí, con secciones exclusivas de trombones o mezclándolos con trompetas o saxofones. ... Read More
Posted On : Tuesday, April 12 , 2011
Collector DJ Tabogo from Colombia presents: Vocal Tony Molina Lp: Chachacha Tango Mambo Merengue Label: Fiesta More DJ Tabogo at www.golpeybembe.com
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