I am not ashamed to admit it: I was overcome with emotion a few moments after entering Areito Estudio Ciento Uno (Areito Studio 101) inside the EGREM recording complex in the center of Havana, Cuba.

Orquesta Akokán, a big band with members split between New York and Cuba, are a musical catchall for culture, history, and genre. These players have worked with Chucho Valdés, Irakere, Los Van Van, ...

This is salsa the way God made it. Onstage, Orquesta GarDel makes salsa dura: a locomotive of energy on steel rails with endless momentum and irresistible motion. The tumbao bass line dances a funky ...

The emblematic Colombian salsa group marks its milestone year in 2026. By Jessica Roiz Associate Editor, Latin Fresh off touring Europe in May and June, Orquesta Guayacán is ready for its U.S. leg, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Jacob Plasse remembers vividly the first time he heard mambo music. To hear him describe it, it was nothing short of a spiritual awakening. Now, as one of the lead collaborators in ...

Youthful Cuban Orquesta Failde speaks to Billboard about a Latin Grammy nomination for a danzón album. By Judy Cantor-Navas Orquesta Failde has become known in Cuba for performing danzón, the rhythm ...

Complete Information About Ginita y La Orquesta Esa in Cabaret at Birdland Jazz Club. Ginita y La Orquesta Esa, the brainchild of Ecuadorian-Honduran-American trombonist, arranger, composer, vocalist, ...

This pillar of Cuban music got its start when double bass man Orestes Aragon Cantero debuted his charanga group in Cinefuegos. With violins, piano, flute, percussion, and vocal, the basic sound that ...