Salsa
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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Features3 weeks agoTico 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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Features3 months agoCelia Cruz: Celebrating The Queen Of Salsa
Incomparable, charismatic, and glamorous, the Cuban-born artist was a larger-than-life figure who was so much more than a mere singer.
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Features5 months agoAlegre Records: A History Of The Pioneering Latin Music Label
The trailblazing imprint was among the first to light a path for salsa and the wider Spanish language recording industry.
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Features6 months agoInca Records: A History Of The Puerto Rican Salsa Label
The launching pad for luminaries such as Tommy Olivencia, Willie Rosario, and La Sonora Ponceña, Inca Records brought a distinctly Puerto Rican sound to salsa.
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Features8 months agoBest Fania Samples: 20 Latin Grooves That Helped Build Hip-Hop
Thanks to discerning crate-diggers with a taste for Latin music, from salsa to bogaloo, the best Fania samples became essential building blocks for hip-hop.
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Features11 months agoBest 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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News11 months agoJohnny Pacheco, Co-Founder Of ‘Motown Of Salsa’ Fania Records, Dies At 85
Fania became known as the Motown of Salsa for its work in popularizing Cuban dance music worldwide in the 1970s.
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Features1 year 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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News1 year agoSalsa 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 agoCraft 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.
