The roots / John Storm Roberts -- What makes rhumba? / William Gottlieb -- The form and formation of the rumba in Cuba / Larry Crook -- Ponce, the danza, and the national question : notes toward a ...

Growing up in Havana, Roberto Rodriguez, through his father's friends, encountered small enclaves of Eastern European Jewish immigrants who had sought refuge in Cuba in the '30s and '40s. After his ...

The late Cuban American singer Celia Cruz, known as the Queen of Salsa, will be the first Afro Latina to appear on the U.S. quarter. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Local band Conjunto Philadelphia brings the music of pre-revolutionary Cuba to life, at venues across the area, including a standing gig at Bolo Restaurant in Rittenhouse every ...

Johnny Pacheco played music that made it impossible to sit still. The Dominican-born multi-instrumentalist experimented with different Latin American musical styles, though he was particularly ...

HAVANA, Cuba — Socialist Cuba, the birthplace of salsa and other rhythms that have conquered the world, is now surrendering to the invasion of South Korean pop music. Thirteen thousand kilometers of ...

Willie Colón, the Grammy-nominated architect of urban salsa music and social activist, died Saturday. He was 75. Over his decades-long career, the trombonist, composer, arranger and singer produced ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 4—Team Havana loves playing Albuquerque. So much so, its band members hope to move here one day. "We wish to live in ...

FILE - Singer and musician Willie Colon performs at The Climate Rally, an Earth Day concert, on the National Mall in Washington, April 25, 2010. Colón, considered by many to be the "architect of urban ...