Fania All Stars

The evolution of Salsa orchestrations during the '70s dramatically increased its popularity and established it as a solid genre of popular music, not a passing craze. Salsa Music in the '60s It started in the '60s when bands began to mix…

The event that occurred in New York’s Cheetah’s nightclub on the night of August 26, 1971, changed Salsa forever. The Fania All-Stars transformed a popular niche Latin music genre into an international phenomenon. People that liked Salsa…

In this blog we cover the boom of Rock and Disco in the 70's & 80's and how this represented a threat for Salsa music. We'll also cover how Salsa evolved into a more "mainstream" version. As I mentioned in my previous Part 2a blog,…

I finished Part 2 of this blog series with an explanation of the impact the Fania All-Stars had in making Salsa music popular around the world. In this blog, I’ll share my favorite Fania All-Stars recordings. Fania All-Stars Early Live…

The Salsa music boom in popularity took place in the late 1960s into the early 1970s. The Latin music from urban New York had taken shape. This music combined Afro-Caribbean rhythms with jazzy brass and a contemporary urban storyline.…

There is a lot to celebrate and reflect about Fania's 50th anniversary. Fania Records is synonymous with Salsa music and showed us both the best and the worst of what a record label can do. Fania did not create Salsa music. However, they…

Salsa music legendary group, the Fania All Stars began a "farewell tour" yesterday in Puerto Rico. How was the concert? Most people liked it, although I believe it's really relative to each Salsa fan expectations. Historic Salsa Music …

If you like Salsa music, it’s likely you’ve heard Lewis Kahn play, even if you don’t recognize his name. This low-key, affable trombonist-violinist has played with some of the most recognized names in Salsa and Latin music, including…

NPR is producing a series on the Top 50 voices of all-time, and yes, Cuban singer Celia Cruz made the list. A friend of mine emailed me this news about the NPR Top 50 List, and that Celia had made it. For me, the good thing of blogging…