Nothing captures the agony of love, loss, hope and redemption like the song form known across all of Latin America: the bolero. Last December, UNESCO declared the bolero "an intangible cultural ...

Long before Celia Cruz, La Lupe or Celeste Mendoza, there was Graciela Perez, the real first lady of Latin music or Afro-Cuban jazz. Born in Havana, Cuba, on Aug. 23, 1917, Graciela made her singing ...

Graciela Perez Grillo, an Afro-Cuban music pioneer who was known as the First Lady of Latin Jazz, has died. She was 94. Graciela, as she was known professionally, died April 6 of natural causes at the ...

With passionate lyrics about love and broken hearts wrapped in slow tempo string music and rich harmonies, bolero is considered one of Latin America’s most romantic genres of music. And this musical ...

Veteran conguero Sammy Figueroa is steeped in the heritage of Latin music (he’s the son of 1940s Puerto Rican bolero singer Charlie Figueroa), but 50 percent of his sound is jazz. In that world, he’s ...

While not a mainstream form of music, bachata — also the name of the style of dance it inspired — certainly has its fans. Aventura, one of most well-known modern artists performing bachata, has sold ...

With passionate lyrics about love and broken hearts wrapped in slow tempo string music and rich harmonies, bolero is considered one of Latin America’s most romantic genres of music. And this musical ...