One of salsa music's most towering figures is gone — the Grammy-nominated trombonist and activist died Saturday at 75.

Salsa started as a Caribbean phenomenon, but it spread all over the world like wildfire, and its devilish rhythm and sinuous melodies are now universal. At its best, salsa can rock as hard as rock. It ...

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 ...

William Anthony "Willie" Colón Román, the pioneering salsa musician, composer, trombonist and cultural force whose work ...

A native son of the Bronx, Palmieri was a crucial innovator in New York’s Afro-Caribbean music history. The pianist, composer and bandleader has died at 88. By Ed Morales A Nuyorican original, the ...

For the first time, “Salsa” Sarah Haykel, Director of Salsa for the Soul (a part of Love Is Real LLC), will team up with Kleinhans Music Hall to present a “Salsa Gala” on Friday, October 4 from 8pm to ...

Salsa’s reign in Miami didn’t happen overnight. It was forged in the sweaty intimacy of Calle Ocho clubs, the open-air stages of Little Havana, and the endless migration of rhythms from Cuba, Puerto ...

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 ...

The soon-to-be Super Bowl headliner, along with Rauw Alejandro and Karol G, are re-energizing the genre for a brand new generation. By Cata Balzano In January, Bad Bunny‘s latest album, Debí Tirar Más ...