What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation. Even the Bee Gees have gotten a bachata spin. Prince Royce’s ...

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Dominican Bachata superstar Romeo Santos, along with Sony Music Latin, Endeavor Streaming and iNDemand, will premier two films — the concert film “Romeo Santos: Utopia Live From MetLife Stadium” and ...

Thanks to a new international arts series in Little Havana, Miamians can dance the night away celebrating their cultural backgrounds. Miami Dade College’s Live Arts will present the South Florida ...

A superb new collection of vintage bachata singles is titled Bachata Roja: Amor y Amargue, and indeed the music itself was originally called amargue — which means "bitterness" — for its slow-moving ...

Friday in New York, four legends of Dominican bachata music will take the stage as part of the Chase Latino Cultural Festival. The musicians, all in their 60s, play a type of bachata little known ...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MIREX) honored Dominican musician and composer Juan Luis Guerra as a “Musical and Poetic ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Wilfredo José Burgos Matos is an Adjunct Assistant ...