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And the salsa beat goes on: salsa is dead. Gone. Kaput. Forget about it. A comatose genre swallowed alive by other styles of Latin music: rock en espanol
(First printed in The Chicago Tribune on December 21, 2004) For the last few years, the alleged death of salsa has been morbidly discussed in publications ......(Continue Reading) Willie Rosario: que viva la Salsa Dura de Willie Rosario: how a retro-movement in Puerto Rico's music known as Salsa Gorda or Salsa is redirecting a new
¡QUE BONITO ES PUERTO RICO! An old school salsa tune by Willie Rosario blasts out a car radio as we walk along the pier in the tiny town of Cataño, ......(Continue Reading)Some like it hot: Salsa is spicy, sexy, and making waves in dance
Ask any salsero and they will tell you salsa is more than a dance. It is life, the motion of intense rhythm, being in the beat and on top of things....(Continue Reading)Salsa music rivalries and battles: Part II
The acceptance of the mambo by non-Latinos in 1951 was the incentive ambitious musicians needed to become bandleaders. For years there was confusion ......(Continue Reading)Music is my language
I don't remember a time when music wasn't special to me. Music, the universal language, is my passion. Piano is my forte. Communicating with people is essential. I enjoy communicating, especially t...(Continue Reading)
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