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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."
By Sylvia Pfeiffenberger | 26 Sep 2007

All photos by Lisa Brockmeier
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.
By Sylvia Pfeiffenberger | 12 Sep 2007

Eddie Palmieri Trio; Roberto Roena and Chino Nuñez; Live Latin events
By Sylvia Pfeiffenberger | 18 Jul 2007

Besides a taste for fine pork barbecue, Cuba and Carolina now have another thing in common: charanga.
By Sylvia Pfeiffenberger | 30 May 2007

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.
By Sylvia Pfeiffenberger | 2 May 2007

John Santos and his quintet rolled quietly into Duke's Nelson Music Room on Yom Kippur.
By Sylvia Pfeiffenberger | 1 Nov 2006

This provocation from the man we had all come to see, pianist Larry Harlow, "El Judio Maravilloso," was the final tease.
By Sylvia Pfeiffenberger | 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."
By Sylvia Pfeiffenberger | 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).
By Sylvia Pfeiffenberger | 1 Mar 2006

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