From Cuba to the Catskills, the mid-20th century saw the rise of an improbable partnership between American Jews and the mambo. And with its popularity, a Yiddish-inspired term entered the lexicon to ...

The Mambo king discusses his new 80's album and his relationship with his 1999 smash hit. By Jason Lipshutz Editor “Make it known that I’m still alive!” says Lou Bega, as a message to everyone in the ...

The PMO uses the traditions of the classic mambo-craze orchestras of the 1950s to deliver their original music and clever, modern arrangements of hit songs. Currently the only fully active Latin Big ...

When Paquito Hechavarria and German Pifferrer were kids, mambo was new and Dámaso Perez Prado ruled. “I remember when I was little, I used to sit at the piano,” says the 62-year-old Hechavarria, ...

The Roseland State Ballroom in Bos ton’s Back Bay, just down the street from Symphony Hall, was jumping last week. It was jumping higher than Bostomans had seen in a long while. Cause: the mambo a ...

Mambo Maniacs Records is proud to announce the September 23rd release of “50 Years Of Mambo" a tribute to the father of Mambo Music, Damaso Perez Prado. The much anticipated double album is a live ...

A quick show of hands here: How many SoCal cities have a resident Cuban restaurant? Not many, eh? Well, Glendale stands tall in this regard. Mambo’s Café, at the corner of Victory Boulevard and ...

Cuban bassist and composer Israel “Cachao” Lopez, who is credited with pioneering the mambo style of music, died Saturday. He was 89. Known simply as Cachao, the Grammy-winning musician had fallen ill ...

DJ Luian and Mambo Kingz (Hear This Music) keep adding extraordinary collabs to their list. This time, they've joined forces with Wisin, Farruko, Myke Towers, Darell and Arcangel to release "Música." ...

Rarely does a musician have the privilege of attending his own Antone's tribute, which, particularly during the club's anniversary week, is typically reserved for the dead or incarcerated. "Mambo" ...