After almost 60 years as a Chicagoan, Juan Montenegro, 73, moved to Sarasota with his wife Claire in 2017. Energetically fit and full of el fuego, on one typically sun-soaked Sarasota day, Montenegro ...

Younger Latinos from the Caribbean fight to preserve salsa music and dance. The deep thump of the bongos, the scraping of the guiro, and the loud chirp of the trumpet -- the pulse of salsa would get ...

For more than a decade, the Northwest Florida Boricuas Ausentes held its annual Latin Salsa Music Festival at Fort Walton's Landing Park. But after a five year hiatus, NWF Boricuas Ausentes has ...

Rafael Ithier, founder of the emblematic salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, has died at age 99. The pianist, composer and arranger — who served as the orchestra's longtime musical director — ...

TO HONOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. TONIGHT, IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE VIBRANT SOUNDS AND MUSIC OF THE LOCAL SALSA MUSIC AND DANCING SHOWS US. THIS INCLUDES BRINGING A CULTURAL ENERGY TO THE CITY. IT’S PART OF ...

There’s a Disney World for salseros, and it doesn’t take four hours to get there. The Miami Salsa Congress, now in its 18th year, is back with a salsa extravaganza July 20 through 28. The event, which ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Located on Swan Street in Buffalo, the Pucho Olivencia Center has always been a hub of Hispanic Culture. On Wednesday nights, it’s an opportunity to share that culture through ...

Sept. 15 (UPI) --Google celebrates Salsa music in a new Doodle, released Monday. The search bar image features a piano, dancing feet and bright colors and coincides with Hispanic Heritage month. "It's ...

There was a time when Fania Records was the most transcendent label in Latin music — hailed as the Motown of salsa. From its meteoric rise in late ’60s New York to its triumphant empire of sound ...