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  Features3 months ago

  ‘Blues Walk’: How Lou Donaldson Strode Towards Soul Jazz

  ‘Blues Walk’ helped to kick-start the soul-jazz movement of the 60s and remains the go-to album in saxophonist Lou Donaldson’s canon.

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  Features7 months ago

  Best Fania Songs: 20 Essential Tracks From The Legendary Latin Label

  The gold standard in Latin Music, the best Fania songs truly merged cultures, ranging from salsa to disco, and all points between.

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  Features9 months ago

  Fania Records: How A New York Label Took Salsa To The World

  A record label of huge significance, the Fania story takes in the birth of salsa music and the global spread of Latin culture.

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  Features12 months ago

  Vaya Records: Fania Records’ Inspiring Sub-Label

  Celia Cruz, Mongo Santamaría, Ricardo Ray, and Bobby Cruz all released some of their best work on Vaya Records, one of Fania Records' most important sub-labels.

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  Features12 months ago

  ‘Barretto Power’: Ray Barretto’s Powerful Latin Music Masterpiece

  Released in 1970, ‘Barretto Power’ is a masterpiece that seamlessly blends progressive and traditional Latin music.

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  Features1 year ago

  Tico Records: The Label That Helped Produce Salsa’s Biggest Stars

  One of Latin Music's earliest imprints in the US, Tico was an early home to Tito Rodríguez, Tito Puente, Machito, La Lupe, and Celia Cruz.

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  News1 year ago

  Salsa King Ray Barretto’s ‘Barretto Power’ Gets 50th Anniversary Editions

  'Barretto Power' began a succession of his genre-straddling, Afro-Caribbean masterworks of the first half of the 1970s.

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  News2 years ago

  Craft Latino Releases Latin Soul Compilation ‘Fania Goes Psychedelic’

  Craft Recordings’ Craft Latino imprint has released ‘Fania Goes Psychedelic’, a 15-song compilation featuring Latin soul and experimental gems from the legendary Fania catalogue.