Even at 80, Latin music titan Eddie Palmieri was as agile as ever on the keys. That’s the first thing you notice from his 2016 Tiny Desk concert, which starts with a camera fixed on Palmieri’s ...

Before freestyle — the dance music born out of New York’s Latin community in the 1980s — even had a name, an underage Lisa Velez (before she became Lisa Lisa) remembers sneaking into the storied Fun ...

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. Cruz was one of the 20th century's most celebrated Latin music ...

He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” Eddie Palmieri in performance in the early 1960s. From ...

María Conchita Alonso isn't here to play it safe. The legendary Cuban-Venezuelan artist who gave us steamy '80s anthems and bold performances across stage and screen is officially back, and this time, ...

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88 years old. Fania Records announced Palmieri's death Wednesday evening.

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. Cruz was one of the 20th century’s most celebrated Latin music ...