In 2024, the label celebrated its 60th anniversary. Now, the question of whether this treasure trove of Latin culture is ...

The gold standard in Latin Music, the best Fania songs truly merged cultures, ranging from salsa to disco ... this famous New York company was born from an unlikely union between Jerry Masucci ...

Salsa was created when The Fania All Stars band added a dynamic New York flavour to the rhythms of Cuba and Puerto Rico. "It offered a music we could live by, breathe and make love to: it was the ...

Just as Chess Records is synonymous with the blues, Motown with soul, and Blue Note with jazz, New York’s Fania Records is inextricably tied to the sound of Latin American salsa music.

The surprise streaming star of the album arrived in “Baile Inolvidable,” a salsa track which went #1 on the U.S. Apple Music ...

The album eventually topped the Billboard Latin music chart for eleven weeks but behind the success was more than just salsa passion: the hard work of all the members of the orchestra to cross the ...

There was a time when Fania Records was the most transcendent label in Latin music — hailed as the Motown of salsa. From its apocalyptic rise in late ’60s New York to its triumphant empire of ...

Salsa is lively dance music with many different styles. It originated in Cuba and has African and Spanish influences. It is very popular in Cuba, Puerto Rico and New York. Habanera is a variation ...

"Everyone wants to do a two-minute song. And that's not it. People want to hear music that's real and heartfelt." ...

“DtMf” is performed in the Afro-Puerto Rican folk music style ... global charts. Salsa builds on Afro-Caribbean rhythms and emerged from the poor Latino communities in New York in the 1960s ...