Salsa is dead. Gone. Kaput. Forget about it. A comatose genre swallowed alive by other styles of Latin music: rock en espanol and hip-hop, reggaeton and norteno. Salsa is dead. Or is it? For the last ...

When hardcore salsa fans hear the young New York band La Excelencia for the first time, they’ll almost certainly be reminded of the classic acts of the ’60s and ’70s: Willie Colon, Dimension Latina, ...

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 ...

After the "Gigli" debacle, you'd think Jennifer Lopez would steer clear of co-starring with another significant other. But she's risking ridicule by playing opposite hubby Marc Anthony in "El Cantante ...

Growing up in his native Puerto Rico, salsa singer Victor Manuelle spent countless hours listening to his parents’ record collection. Manuelle’s dad was a salsa fanatic who favored the street-savvy, ...

Pop music fusions have become a cliche these days. Everybody’s mixing ethnic elements, so new combinations are no longer so surprising. But hold on to your Highland cows, compay. What’s this? Salsa ...

After this review went to press, El Cantante‘s distributor cancelled the film’s opening this weekend in the Triangle. No information has been given about when the movie will open locally. There’s a ...