West Kensington’s Centro Musical is more than a shop — it’s a place for Latinos to come together, play music and celebrate their culture. Centro Musical, located in the heart of El Bloque de Oro, is a ...

West Kensington’s Centro Musical is more than a shop — it’s a place for Latinos to come together, play music and celebrate their culture. Centro Musical, located in the heart of El Bloque de Oro, is a ...

For aficionados of Latin music in the 1960s and 70s, Fania Records was considered “The Motown of Salsa.” Based in New York, it was infused with that city’s rich makeup of Latin cultures and style. And ...

The point of a tradition is that it's been around a while. It's part of a cultural identity. But sometimes, digging around in a tradition's history reveals tangled roots, as Alice Fordham found in the ...

Johnny Pacheco, the Dominican-born bandleader and co-founder of Fania Records, which opened the world to salsa music, died Monday. He was 85. His wife, Maria Elena Pacheco, announced his passing at ...

I have a confession to make: I’ve been thinking about salsa all wrong. One internal complaint in the salsa wars, a family quarrel as it were, frames the debate as “commercial” vs. “old school.” The ...

Until recently, Colombian percussionist and bandleader Clodomiro Montes made a decent living doing what he loves best: playing a soulful repertoire of Afro-Caribbean hits at restaurants and nightclubs ...

The Los Angeles City Council Friday declared Oct. 17, 2025, as “Celia Cruz Day,” marking the iconic Afro-Cuban singer’s 100th ...