A lot of Bay Area salsa nights feature DJs spinning the classics by Celia Cruz and Willie Colón, so it’s a rare treat to see not one but three high-caliber ensembles playing both traditional and ...

On a Wednesday night in Dinkelspiel Auditorium, four vocalists rehearse an arrangement of Cuban singer Celia Cruz, accompanied by a pianist to their right. Through these weekly rehearsals, Stanford ...

Marisol Blanco performs in the traditional Afro-Cuban dress inspired by Yemayá, an African mother deity of the seas." For the last 12 years, Marisol Blanco has been fighting against numbers.

The San Jose Woman’s Club has hosted countless ensembles since opening its historic 11th Street building in 1929, but it’s safe to say the club’s glorious Landmark Ballroom has never heard anything ...

Afro-Cuban Latin jazz includes salsa, merengue, songo, son, mambo, bolero, charanga, and cha cha cha. Originated in the 1940's when Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Kenton began to combine the rhythm section ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Mayambo is an Afro-Latin dance company ...

Jeimy Osorio says playing the late Queen of Salsa Celia Cruz in the 2015-2016 Telemundo series Celia! was an emotional journey filled with life lessons. “When I played this character, I had no idea ...

Black culture by nature includes the intersections of groups that make this country so diverse. Rico No Suave embodies this through his Afro-Cuban heritage and his electrifying salsa skills. Reset ...

For this inaugural event, Cuban instructor Wilfredo Guilbiac Rodriguez will lead the Afro-Latin dance workshops while Venezuelan musician Jorge Orta "Cro Cro" leads the music ensemble Jazzismo. DJ ...

The late Cuban American singer Celia Cruz, known as the Queen of Salsa, will be the first Afro Latina to appear on the U.S. quarter. Cruz was one of the 20th century’s most celebrated Latin music ...