LATIN MUSIC
Explore Latin Music in NYC and Global Roots from rumba to salsa, rap, and reggaeton; from the blues to rock, rap, and trap; and from classical and opera to Latin jazz and mariachi. There’s also bachata, cumbia, flamenco, global, house, merengue, música Mexicana, pop, samba, tango, and more.
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Joe Arroyo was One of the Godfathers of Colombian Salsa
CARTAGENA, Colombia ~ The singer who mixed many Caribbean traditions into Colombian Salsa, was born on November 1, 1955. 🇨🇴
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Diego El Cigala “Obras Maestras” Tour Brings Classic Latin American Love Songs to The Town Hall
One of the great flamenco singers makes Latin American music his own. THE TOWN HALL in Midtown, Manhattan
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Dizzy Gillespie Put the Latin Back in Jazz
Saturday, October 21, 2023 🇺🇸
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Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa,” Popularized Latin Music Around the World
HAVANA, Cuba, October 21, 1925 🇨🇺
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Omara Portuondo, the Last of the Buena Vista Social Club, Brings Her “Farewell World Tour Vida” to Sony Hall and NJ PAC
Cuban, Jazz, LATIN MUSIC, New Jersey, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Son Cubano, Sony Hall, Times Square Theater DistrictSONY HALL, Times Square Theater District 🇨🇺 NEW JERSEY CENTER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇨🇺
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Handel’s “Messiah” by the New York Philharmonic is a New York City Holiday Tradition, “Hallejujah”
Christmas NYC, Classical Music, David Geffen Hall, LATIN MUSIC, Lincoln Center, Manhattan NYC, New York PhilharmonicDAVID GEFFEN HALL, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇮🇹
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Seu Jorge and Daniel Jobim Pay Homage to the Iconic 1962 Bossa Nova Concert at Carnegie Hall
CARNEGIE HALL, Midtown, Manhattan ~ Superstar Brazilian actor, funk, and samba singer who went global in the movie “City of God” (2002). 🇧🇷
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The Birth of Hip-Hop, and You Don’t Stop!
Hip-hop roots go way back, but what is generally considered hip-hop’s birthday was Clive and Cindy Campbell’s “Back to School Jam” block party at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in Morris Heights, The Bronx, on August 11, 1973. 🇺🇸 🇯🇲
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Merengueras Dominicanas: Ninoshka, Lidia de la Rosa, & Indira Rubiera Bring Quisqueya to Hostos Center
HOSTOS CENTER, Mott Haven, The Bronx ~ Three legendary women play their own flavors of Dominican merengue. 🇩🇴
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ACO SONiC Festival with Miguel Zenón and Angélica Negrón Creates Avant-Garde Puerto Rican Classical Music at Hostos
Classical Music, Colombian, Cuban, Hostos Center, Indigenous, Jazz, Jewish, LATIN MUSIC, Mexican, Mott Haven The Bronx, Puerto RicanA primer on some of the young Latin artists who are doing incredible work stretching the jazz and classical music canon in New York City. HOSTOS CENTER Mott Haven, The Bronx Sunday, June 4, 2023 🇵🇷 🇨🇴 🇮🇱 🇺🇸
