Fun times with my live stream yesterday: salsa and cha cha for “Azúcar Friday”...

Looking back at spring 2021, this post presents my picks for notable music. While salsa is my focus, other genres are included, too.

From Benin comes this pachanga by Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou, with amazing guitarwork and chilling vocals in “Vi E Lo”, a lamenting love song

I’ve been wondering who are the sidemen on Tommy Olivencia’s 1966 album 'Jala-Jala Guaguanco' — there is no information on the album jacket

This is the first chart in a four-chart series covering what I feel are notable songs in the year 2021.

With the end of the year coming up, I want to show what 2021 meant to me in terms of notable songs--through the addition of music charts!

My most recent live stream was an ad hoc experiment but still good fun: I streamed to a party in Taiwan from my sound room in Japan....

Released in 2019, all bets are on that “おまえだけを I Love You” by Orquesta Copa Salvo will become a classic of Japanese-made salsa that can...

This is Josean Rivera in his third album as a solo artist with the track “Mi Amigo Licor” from the album “Un Sonero Para El Pueblo”...

A salsa version of a well-known bolero by Miltiño, "Dedo de Guante" by Carlos Ramirez is the B track of Romo Records' first...

Some nostalgia here with the work of Larry Harlow on piano for “Capullito de Alelí” (playing as the leader of Belmonte & His Afro Latin...

What a great idea… Salsa DJs from around the world were asked to choose one significant song for them and to explain why. Thanks to Saúl...