Willie Colón headlines the New York Salsa Festival with El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Victor Manuelle, Grupo Niche, Oscar de Leon, Jerry Rivera, Tony Vega, Edgar Joel, and merengueros Oro Sólido, with percussionists Bobby Allende and Marc Quiñones; at Barclays Center in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn; on Saturday, June 10, 2023 at 8pm. From $84. 🇵🇷 🇩🇴 🇨🇴 🇻🇪 Willie … [Read more...] about Willie Colón Headlines the New York Salsa Festival
FANIA All-Stars
Remember Roberto Roena, El Señor Bongó!
Roberto Roena, "El Señor Bongó," is a Puerto Rican bomba and salsa legend who rose to prominence with Cortijo y Su Combo, was a founding member of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, went solo as Roberto Roena y Su Apollo Sound and became a FANIA All-Star. Roena died last night on September 23, 2021. We are writing this from Ultimo Trolley in Santurce, across the street from … [Read more...] about Remember Roberto Roena, El Señor Bongó!
Remember Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa” Who More Than Anyone Popularized Latin Music Around the World
Celia Cruz was is the most famous and influential woman in Latin music and what became La Salsa. She is remembered as the "The Queen of Salsa," although to our ear she is more naturally a rumbera. Her career follows the development of Latin music from Rumba and Changüi to Son Cubano with La Sonora Matancera, to Pachanga (Salsa Cuban-style) with Tito Puente in New York, to … [Read more...] about Remember Celia Cruz, “The Queen of Salsa” Who More Than Anyone Popularized Latin Music Around the World
Ismael Miranda
Ismael Miranda "El Niño Bonito de la Salsa" (The Pretty Boy of Salsa) is a romantic salsa singer-songwriter of the FANIA generation. He is one of the later music directors of the FANIA All-Stars. He started hard and fast with Abran Paso with Orquesta Harlow, one of the true salsa classics. Ismael Miranda headlines the Wellmont Theater Saturday, December 21, 2019 ~ Miranda, … [Read more...] about Ismael Miranda