New York Salsa

With the publication of the anthology Rhythm & Power: Performing Salsa in Puerto Rican and Latino Communities, curator Derrick León... Read Article

By Russ Slater 20 January, 2016

La Mambanegra are not your average salsa band. Speaking to bandleader Jacobo Vélez (in the interview below) it is clear... Read Article

By Russ Slater 20 September, 2011

This is salsa, though with a difference. The instruments are the same, the rhythms the same, but there’s a difference... Read Article

By Russ Slater 20 September, 2011

Earnest lyrics and a freshness of sound are two of the trademarks on Jose Conde’s eponymously-titled debut album. Musically it... Read Article