The summer comes in with a roar as headliners Marc Anthony, Marco Antonio Solis and Laura Pausini continue their coast to coast trek in the Juntos En Concierto series. Bebe ... Read More

Puerto Rican plena and bomba are finally getting the respect they deserve. For years they took a back seat to what was considered more contemporary genres and viewed as folkmusic ... Read More

Miamians are in for a treat July 4th at this year's MegaFest, the largest reggaeton and Latin hip-hop concert in Miami. The concert features Puerto Rican Yan Weynn and Miami's ... Read More

Michele (Dominguez) Greene is better known as an actress than a Latin music artist, spending 1986-1991 playing Abby Perkins on L.A. Law. Less well known is Michele Greene the songwriter, ... Read More

Walking through my local record store, I picked up Somos Americanos for two reasons: curiosity and a $10 price tag. Really, how could I resist for 10 bucks? This was my ... Read More

With all the Reggaeton coming out of Puerto Rico, it's refreshing to find a young, energetic band that focuses on salsa. That band is n'klabe. Clave is the heartbeat of salsa, ... Read More

Los Tigres del Norte are a legend among norteno bands. They don't just sing about the Mexican immigrant experience in the U.S., they've lived it first hand. Except that, blessed ... Read More

Spanish artist Bebe has had quite a year, winning the Best New Artist award at the 2005 Latin Grammys, not to mention the success of her album Pafuera Telarans. There's ... Read More

If you live anywhere there's a reasonably-sized hispanic population (especially the Southwestern U.S.), Mexican popular music is all around you. Walk into a record store and you'll probably find a ... Read More

Menudo is the original boy band of the 1960s and 70s. Recording 35 albums, selling more than 40 million records and producing Latin music superstar Ricky Martin, Menudo still holds ... Read More

With summer just around the corner, most of us are making plans to spend time in the great outdoors. But you have to come in sometime (or maybe its too ... Read More

Jazz composer and pianist Hilton Ruiz died yesterday of injuries sustained after a fall in front of a bar in New Orleans' French Quarter on May 19th. He was 54. There's ... Read More

Of all the places I've visited, I crave going back to Cuba the way a chocoholic craves a Snickers bar. I want to feel that tropical breeze in my face ... Read More

A soundtrack can sometimes overshadow the movie it's meant to augment and intensify. Sometimes it's because the music is grating, or because it seems to be at odds with the ... Read More