salsa

The first song I heard by Pablo Milanés was "Eternamente Yolanda" performed by the Puerto Rican "nueva trova" group Haciendo Punto en Otro Son. It was because of that song that I decided to buy that record. I originally thought the song…

Ismael Miranda has many reasons to feel better today after the "Puerto Rico Saluda a Ismael Miranda" concert. Although still recovering from his 2021 stroke, Ismael enjoyed a concert where various Salsa and pop music stars paid homage to…

The solo career of Ismael Miranda began incredibly well. His first three solo albums were so good and became so popular that they marked the rest of his career. The impact of these albums was such that when in 2001 Ismael Miranda…

Ismael Miranda, "El Nino Bonito" (the pretty boy) of Salsa, is approaching 55 years of a very illustrious career in Latin music. The phrase "lo importante no es llegar, sino mantenerse" (the important thing is not to make it, but to stay…

Oscar Hernández and his Spanish Harlem Orchestra (SHO) have been successfully delivering the art of Salsa for 20 years. And although it's dance music, for Oscar it's all about making Salsa the way it was originally meant to be played. The…

The new generation of talents in Salsa music shares a common challenge; an opportunity to get their music out and get the public's attention. Challenges for the New Generation The new generation of Salsa artists has two main challenges;…

I thought writing about Salsa songs for Father's Day would be fair since I previously wrote about Salsa Songs for Mothers' Day. I found a bunch of songs about father-son, but only one about father-daughter. A couple of songs are about…

It was a fantastic idea to dedicate the 2022 edition of the Día Nacional de la Zalsa in Puerto Rico to Salsa's new generation of musicians. However, I don't agree with Salsa radio station Z-93 in honoring just one person; Luis Vazquez.…

Like everyone else in the music business, El Gran Combo was impacted at the start of the 2020 decade by the Covid-19 pandemic. And like several other artists, the band tried to make good use of the performing downtime. 2020 Virtual…