salsa

It is no exaggeration to say that Panamanian singer/songwriter, actor, lawyer, and politician Rubén Blades is one of the most... Read Article

By David Bugueño 29 May, 2018

Undoubtedly more than a trend on mainstream US urban charts, Spanish lyrics and Latin rhythms are taking over North American... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 05 April, 2018

How about some rock with your salsa? In the case of Descarrilao (which translates to ‘off the rails’), the rock... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 14 March, 2018

There’s no shortage of new music coming out of the Caribbean. Artists routinely dominating the charts in the widely encompassing... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 13 February, 2018

As carnivals across Latin America and the Caribbean wind down, a New York City-based party in the spirit of champeta picó... Read Article

By David Bugueño 13 November, 2017

On a par with cumbia, salsa is one of the most ubiquitous tropical genres in the Peruvian musical landscape. A... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 18 July, 2017

Colombians in New York City long flocked to Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens for one of the largest Independence... Read Article

La Mambanegra are certainly no ordinary salsa band. Yes, they may hail from the Colombian capital of salsa, Cali, where... Read Article

By Russ Slater 16 February, 2017

With the international release of La Mambanegra‘s debut album El Callegüeso y su Malamaña fast approaching we are very happy... Read Article

By Gina Vergel 20 October, 2016

There’s no dancing around the issue: the United States Presidential election has reached a level of ridiculous that can only... Read Article

By Ross Cullen 27 September, 2016

It starts in a madcap whirl of old-school R&B and London gospel, intertwined with spiralling Latin brass and percussion. And... Read Article

By Russ Slater 26 July, 2016

Mixing hard salsa, funk and endless levels of exuberance, La Mambanegra are a force of nature and one of the... Read Article