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 ...

Many young musicians in Cuba were puzzled when the nostalgia of the Buena Vista Social Club became a commercial phenomenon a few years ago, earning dollars and Grammys for its aging artists. Some even ...

MIAMI (AP) – In his most famous song, "The Bridge," Cuban salsa singer Manuel "Manolín" González croons about creating a bridge between Miami and Havana. "A bridge made up of long sleeves," he sings. ...

In 1996, two musicians from the African nation of Mali were expected to arrive in Havana for a recording session that never happened. The relatively unknown Malians were scheduled to work on an ...

Surprise is the one reaction you don’t anticipate from an Eliades Ochoa album. Admiration, yes. But you don’t expect the unexpected. If anything the master of the Cuban country son usually errs on the ...

MIAMI - In his most famous song, Cuban salsa singer Manuel Gonzalez croons about creating a bridge between Miami and Havana. "A bridge made up of long sleeves," he sings in "The Bridge." "So that the ...

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 ...

Rest easy, everybody. Our cozy neighborhoods and suburbs are safe from the evil terrorist threat of salsa music and Cuban art, thanks to the patriotic efforts of Rep. David Rivera, a Miami Republican.