Salsa band leader Joe Cuba, dubbed the “Father of Latin Boogaloo" for weaving a fluid, bilingual mix of musical influences, died Sunday in New York City, a member of his group said. He was 78. The ...

Juan Formell, band leader and bassist of Cuba's salsa band Los Van Van, performs during a concert in Havana January 15, 2010. REUTERS/Stringer By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban band leader ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tirso Luis, left, Ana Paez, and German Pinelli, right, members of the band Los 3 de la Habana, pose for a photograph, Thursday, ...

The Cheetah Club on Broadway and 53rd Street was the “granddaddy of the big commercial disco,” wrote cultural historian Steven Watson in his 2003 book, “Factory Made: Warhol and the Sixties.” Warhol ...

Cuban-American trumpet player Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros is a walking salsa music encyclopedia. He may not have been present at the birth of the genre in 1928 (he was four years old) but the ...

Cuban Musicians, US Ambassador Pay Homage to 'Queen of Salsa' Celia Cruz HAVANA (Reuters) -A small group of Cuban musicians, together with the top U.S. diplomat in Cuba, paid homage in Havana to salsa ...

Over the past few months, the United States has slowly been peeling back the rigid Kennedy-era embargo placed on Cuba, allowing citizens to freely travel and eventually trade with those on Fidel ...

LYNNWOOD — His feet stomped. He clapped his hands and thrust them in the air. “That was the moment!” he yelled. The band stopped and lowered their instruments. He was looking for a fuller sound, a ...

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It is with great sadness that we report the death of Cuban musician, composer and band leader Adalberto Álvarez. He was an active, working 72-year-old and he joins the many millions who have died ...

MIAMI (AP) — On the spur of the moment, a singer in a Cuban salsa band had an idea for a lyric to please fellow Trump supporters at a Miami birthday party. Tirso Luis Paez flicked his hand so his band ...