These are good times for fans nostalgic for salsa dura – hard salsa. The edgy, band-driven Latin sound from the classic era of the late ’60s and ’70s is back, thanks to two Off-Broadway musicals and ...

When hardcore salsa fans hear the young New York band La Excelencia for the first time, they’ll almost certainly be reminded of the classic acts of the ’60s and ’70s: Willie Colon, Dimension Latina, ...

Latin music used to be strictly a Latin thing. But since the 1930s, exotic dance infatuations like the tango, rumba, conga, mambo, cha-cha and pachanga have gradually assimilated into the American ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Though most of us have figured out by now that Cinco de Mayo is more of an American holiday than a Mexican one, it’s a good excuse to revisit the basics of salsa, a condiment that long ...

The Latin melting pot that was New York in the 1960s and 1970s gave rise to salsa dura, or hard salsa. The neighborhoods of Brooklyn, Queens and the South Bronx were teeming with immigrants from Cuba, ...

In the heat of summer, it seems President Obama is dancing la salsa dura. Along with 40 artists, including Justin Timberlake, Aretha Franklin, and Bob Marley, the president chose Miami-based Colombian ...