Salsa music is in crisis. In the last couple of years ... from son to jazz to rock. In the ’60s, when the U.S. imposed an embargo on Fidel Castro’s Cuba, the music split into two schools ...

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 ...

this music plays a particular role in people’s identity as it did in the 60’s and 70’s in NYC when Fania Records was born,” says McIntosh. Choosing to create salsa and plena tracks alone ...

Pacheco, a pioneering musician who helped popularize salsa music in the US ... until he finally led his own orchestra in the early ’60s. He called the group Pacheco Y Su Charanga, named for ...

The show features labels like Fania Records—essential to the New York salsa movement of the ’60s and ’70s—yet delivers more than music. Interviews with key players in the Latin music scene ...

Although vinyl made up less than 1% of Latin music shares, the format still grew overall to $9.1 million, and CD revenues were up 60% to $3.1 million. Digital services from platforms including ...

this music plays a particular role in people’s identity as it did in the 60’s and 70’s in NYC when Fania Records was born,” says McIntosh. Choosing to create salsa and plena tracks alone ...