With the publication of the anthology Rhythm & Power: Performing Salsa in Puerto Rican and Latino Communities, curator Derrick León Washington, with help from co-editors Priscilla Renta and Sydney Hutchinson, expands the multidisciplinary experiment that began at the... Read Article
La Mambanegra are not your average salsa band. Speaking to bandleader Jacobo Vélez (in the interview below) it is clear that he doesn’t think of the group as a salsa band at all, instead a mixture of funk,... Read Article
This is salsa, though with a difference. The instruments are the same, the rhythms the same, but there’s a difference in the attitude and confidence. It’s clear that Bio-Ritmo are taking salsa in a new direction.
Earnest lyrics and a freshness of sound are two of the trademarks on Jose Conde’s eponymously-titled debut album. Musically it takes the freshness of 70s Isley Brothers and early West Coast rap and takes it on a trip... Read Article
