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UCR music scholar helps tell the story of salsa music

A spirited new multimedia exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution tells the story of salsa with the help of a UC Riverside ...
The Heritage FoundationOpinion

The Smithsonian’s New Latino Exhibit Is Missing a Huge Piece of the Story

Puro Ritmo! The Musical Journey of Salsa” represents the Smithsonian’s Latino Museum’s third attempt to present itself to the ...
Rolling Stone

The New York City Bands Reimagining Salsa and Challenging the Patriarchy

Ra ta ta, tá tá. The sound of the clave plays across Brooklyn on a windy Friday night in September. Under the Brooklyn Bridge in the Dumbo Archway, Lulada Club — a 10-member, all-woman band — starts ...
The New York Times

10 Tito Puente Essentials for the Mambo King’s Centennial

A Harlem-born New York original, the percussionist, composer and bandleader helped define Latin jazz and lay the groundwork for 1970s salsa. By Ed Morales Ernest Anthony Puente, known as Tito, was ...
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Willie Colón, salsa music legend and activist, dies at 75

Willie Colón, one of the most celebrated and influential figures in Latin music history, died Saturday at the age of 75. His death was confirmed by his longtime manager, Pietro Carlos, in a Facebook ...