In 2024, the label celebrated its 60th anniversary. Now, the question of whether this treasure trove of Latin culture is being curated properly has become more pertinent than ever.

when Latin salsa music became one of the hottest musical currencies in New York. Cruz was born Úrsula Hilaria Celia De La Caridad Cruz Alfonso in Havana, Cuba on October 21, 1925. From a poor ...

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 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 ...

By hitting number 1, "Baile Inolvidable" became the first salsa song ever to reach the top spot on Apple Music's global charts. Salsa builds on Afro-Caribbean rhythms and emerged from the poor Latino ...

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 ...

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

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 ...