New York Organizations Aim to ‘Demystify’ Cuban Diva ‘La Lupe’
Three New York City cultural organizations have come together to pay tribute to the Afro-Latina “Queen of Latin Soul,” La Lupe.... Read Article
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REVIEW Daymé Arocena – Cubafonía
Despite Daymé Arocena reaching international audiences and receiving high acclaim, her music hasn’t stopped growing. She has seemingly embraced the not small responsibility... Read Article
Best Compilations of 2016
2016 may well be over but we’re not ready to forget about it just yet. There were many great releases out... Read Article
Chapter 4: First Day of MANANA Festival
Day 4, 4th May 2016 Hoping to avoid a repeat of the guagua experience I’d had getting to Santiago, I... Read Article
Fania classics covered by Elastic Bond and Making Movies
We listen to classic songs of the Fania record label all the time, so we had to share these two... Read Article
New music: ‘Ralfi Pagan Latin Soul Remixed’ (Compiled by Geko Jones)
A new project by Brooklyn’s Geko Jones will resurrect and re-envision the music of Fania artist, Ralfi Pagan, a New York-based Latin... Read Article
Fania celebrates 50 years with events in NYC
Record labels—as in the actual sticker on vinyl records—were always fascinating to me as a kid, thanks to my dad’s... Read Article
New Music: Bio Ritmo’s ‘Puerta del Sur’
Classic salsa seems to be the ‘new, old in-thing’ lately, but Bio Ritmo, a Richmond, Virginia, -based outfit that’s been... Read Article
Kansas City’s Making Movies Covers ‘Aguanile’
A Kansas City, Mo., -based band has decided to celebrate their fifth anniversary by recording an ambitious cover of one of... Read Article
REVIEW La Mecánica Popular
Old school salsa with a twist? Cuban son with synth knob-twitching backing and feedback? Boleros with white noise ambience and... Read Article
REVIEW Bio Ritmo – Introducing Bio Ritmo
Along its twenty years of existence, Bio Ritmo has experimented with different salsa styles, incorporated influences that range from punk-rock... Read Article
It was our thing, Our Latin Thing: An Interview with Leon Gast
We speak to New Jersey-born director Leon Gast about Our Latin Thing, a film documenting a Fania All-Stars concert and... Read Article