‘People want to hear music that’s real’: Why salsa is back in the spotlight - IN FOCUS: From US No 1 albums by Bad Bunny to viral DJ sets by Gia Fu, the 1970s Latin party genre is having a moment.

When Luis Fonsi decided his next chapter would begin with a salsa record, it wasn’t part of a calculated reinvention or a genre pivot designed for playlists. It was instinct. A feeling. A song that ...

There was a time when Fania Records was the most transcendent label in Latin music — hailed as the Motown of salsa. From its meteoric rise in late ’60s New York to its triumphant empire of sound ...

He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” Eddie Palmieri in performance in the early 1960s. From ...