Herman Olivera

Legendary maestro Eddie Palmieri has delivered his second Salsa album of 2018 with “Mi Luz Mayor”. That’s after a Salsa recording hiatus of 15 years. His previous Salsa recording was “Ritmo Caliente”, which was a hybrid of…

Eddie Palmieri summer release of "Full Circle" will satisfy Salsa fans that love that music from the 60's and 70's. Not very often do you see artists revisit their Salsa classics with their contemporary sound of today! The exception to…

I established in Part 1 of this blog series that improvisation in Salsa is dying. I also mentioned a few of the best "soneros" that have passed away. Here in Part 2 I'll cover some of the best "soneros" still left today in Salsa. My Top 3…

Herman Olivera's 2014 Salsa release "La Voz del Caribe" was one of the good Latin music CD's I couldn't get to review in 2014. I couldn’t get to all the Latin music albums I wanted to review in 2014. Therefore, in January I'll do some…