MIAMI (AP) – The members of the little-known Colombian salsa band are clueless as to how an obscure song they recorded more than a decade ago landed on a Spotify playlist curated by President Barack ...

In the 1940s, a Texas businessman named David Pace developed a recipe he called “picante sauce” based on traditional salsas of Mexico, paving the way for a product that would eventually overtake ...

Colombian salsa legend Alvaro Jose Arroyo, known as Joe Arroyo, died at the age of 55 after health complications stemming from a heart attack. The salsero blended salsa, merengue, soca, kompa, zouk ...

The point of a tradition is that it's been around a while. It's part of a cultural identity. But sometimes, digging around in a tradition's history reveals tangled roots, as Alice Fordham found in the ...

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Wherever you go in Santiago de Cali, Colombia’s third-largest city, you can hear the steady six-count cowbell clave—the pulse of salsa music. You'll hear it echoing from the salsa clubs, yes, but also ...

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Colombian salsa dancers participate in the 14th World Salsa Festival in Cali, Colombia on September 27. Photo: AFP After a six-day dancing carnival, the 14th World Salsa Festival was wrapped up on ...

Famed Colombian singer Joe Arroyo, composer of such salsa classics as "La Rebelion" and "Echao pa'lante" and "Tania," died Tuesday after a monthlong hospitalization. He was 55. The singer, whose given ...