Celia Cruz may innovate on vinyl with such producers as Willie Chirino–even doing radical updates of such classics as “Drume Negrita” on her last CD–but when it comes to singing in the flesh, she is ...

BOGOTA, Colombia — Famed Colombian singer Joe Arroyo, composer of such salsa classics as “La Rebelion” and “Echao pa’lante” and “Tania,” died Tuesday after a monthlong hospitalization. He was 55. The ...

The legendary Tito Puente did it all: He was a percussionist, a bandleader, a songwriter, and a producer responsible for some of the most renowned mambo, Latin jazz, and salsa classics in music ...

The five albums nominated in the Latin Jazz category include new takes on salsa classics, music inspired by Puerto Rican and Haitian traditions and a band of Pan-Latin all stars. By Judy Cantor-Navas ...

A couple great duet records were recently reissued by Craft Recordings as part of its ongoing series of Latin reissues. Especially exciting is the debut by Panamanian singer/songwriter Ruben Blades, ...