HAVANA, Cuba (AP) — Socialist Cuba, the birthplace of salsa and other rhythms that have conquered the world, is now surrendering to the invasion of South Korean pop music. Thirteen thousand kilometers ...
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 ...
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 ...
I quickly came to love the banyan trees in Havana. The banyan is distinctive because it grows on another plant: carried by one type of wasp, it begins life as a fig seed that germinates in the crevice ...
New York's Latin music giant Joe Cuba died Sunday at age 78, after a long illness. As prolific as he was influential, Cuba was one of the main pioneers of the Latin soul movement in the 1960s, which ...
These nonbinary salsa dancers challenge the tradition of men leading and women following. In Austin, Texas, non-binary couple Audrey Guerrero and Angie Egea, a.k.a. “The Kueen & Queen of Non-Binary ...
For a long time, Salsa Night has been free and built around music, dance, and community. Due to rising costs across the live music industry, we sadly can't continue without support. To keep the night ...
Two dancers whirl onto the dance floor, materializing as if from the smoke of a genie’s lamp. The man whips through a triple turn, then drops to his knees. His partner’s skirt spins into a blur as her ...