Music
The song opens simply, with two male voices rising and falling in close harmony, singing a cappella in Spanish: "Raleigh, North Carolina, I carry you in my heart."
26 Sep 2007
Nearly 3,000 people turned up at La Ley's anniversary party to see six transnational bands from both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border.
12 Sep 2007
Besides a taste for fine pork barbecue, Cuba and Carolina now have another thing in common: charanga.
30 May 2007
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I came to Puerto Rico to see El Dia Nacional de la Salsa, a stadium concert extravaganza paying homage to the living gladiators of the genre.
2 May 2007
This provocation from the man we had all come to see, pianist Larry Harlow, "El Judio Maravilloso," was the final tease.
31 May 2006
I have a confession to make: I've been thinking about salsa all wrong. One internal complaint in the salsa wars, a family quarrel as it were, frames the debate as "commercial" vs. "old school."
26 Apr 2006
Mambo, bolero, swing and guaguanco ... swirling taffeta and two-toned shoes ... orchids pinned to organza and dark blue lapels ... these are some of the nostalgic sounds and images conjured by An Unforgettable Night, a live concert of the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra led by Arturo O'Farrill. The album, featuring guest vocalists Claudia Acuńa and Herman Olivera, was in the running for a Grammy this year in the Tropical category (losing out to an elder statesman of genre, Bebo Valdes, for Bebo de Cuba).
1 Mar 2006
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Latin Beat Archives
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