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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Eighties R&B and pop hitmaker Brenda K. Starr, known for the power ballad "I Still Believe," is among the performers lined up for Festival Latino 2024 in August, according to an announcement by the ...

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

Nelson Rodriguez likes to tell people that as a child growing up in the Bronx, he had a transistor radio practically plugged into his ear. As a 7-year-old, Rodriguez would turn the dials of the little ...