The emblematic Colombian salsa group marks its milestone year in 2026. By Jessica Roiz Associate Editor, Latin Fresh off touring Europe in May and June, Orquesta Guayacán is ready for its U.S. leg, ...

Orquesta Akokán, a big band with members split between New York and Cuba, are a musical catchall for culture, history, and genre. These players have worked with Chucho Valdés, Irakere, Los Van Van, ...

Nearly 40 years ago, a new musical trend began bubbling up from the Colombian Pacific while the world was swaying to Celia Cruz, Héctor Lavoe, and the mighty Fania All-Stars. It wasn’t born in a ...

This pillar of Cuban music got its start when double bass man Orestes Aragon Cantero debuted his charanga group in Cinefuegos. With violins, piano, flute, percussion, and vocal, the basic sound that ...

Orquesta Akokán, a band that takes inspiration from older-style Cuban Mambo, will take the stage of Music on Main this week, ...

This is salsa the way God made it. Onstage, Orquesta GarDel makes salsa dura: a locomotive of energy on steel rails with endless momentum and irresistible motion. The tumbao bass line dances a funky ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Jacob Plasse remembers vividly the first time he heard mambo music. To hear him describe it, it was nothing short of a spiritual awakening. Now, as one of the lead collaborators in ...