cheo feliciano

Cheo Feliciano's Salsa Navideña classic, "Felicidades" celebrates its 48th anniversary this year. A Salsa Dura album with great flavor, "Felicidades" became a perfect complement to the few existing Salsa Navideña music albums that had been…

Cheo Feliciano came in top of all Salsa-Bolero singers as your favorite in the recent Latino Music Café poll. Ismael Miranda and Hector Lavoe came second and third respectively. Salsa Bolero Singer Poll Results: Part 1 of the poll was…

It was early on a Wednesday evening, and Carlos was exhausted already. He had carried all the instruments and equipment of Tito Rodriguez' orchestra up the stairs, into the ballroom on the 2nd floor. It is a steep staircase which…

I came across this video in a Puerto Rican e-newspaper. Salsa singer and actor Juan Pablo Diaz is working on a new album, and decided to invite his well-known dad to share a Cheo Feliciano song with him. Juan Pablo Diaz's dad is…

"Family!" Latin music is in mourning with the departure of Puerto Rican singer Cheo Feliciano! I will always remember Cheo for his flavor in singing salsa, and the sentimentality of his boleros. Flavor in his Salsa Cheo Feliciano won over…

The much-anticipated recording collaboration of Salsa music stars Rubén Blades and Cheo Feliciano titled "Eba Say Ajá" was finally released in May 2012. This project was in the works for many years (6), before Rubén Blades began work in…

Ruben Blades said in a recent interview that he doesn't believe in the "golden years" of Salsa music. As a musician he "will not stay anchored in nostalgia". Ruben wants to move forward and create new things. I emphasize with Ruben…

Salsa music star Cheo Feliciano was able to successfully rebuild his career and more importantly his life, after falling deep in the grasp of drugs. The album "Cheo" marked his return more than 40 years ago. Note: I originally wrote and…

You still have time to update your Christmas Latin music collection, so that the New Year doesn’t catch you listening to the same old Latin music. In Part 1 of my Christmas Latin Music Favorites, I mentioned mostly classics played this…