Black. It is the color that absorbs all colors, the shade that holds the sun's warmth as it moves east to west. It is the color of a people, not just African but Caribbean, Middle Eastern, American, and more. But it is also music: the color at the center of the trumpet's brass ring, the shadow that fills the club when the lights get low and the party begins. Over the decades, Latin music has built a reputation for being wildly popular, no doubt in part due to its danceable nature. But what often gets lost in the conversation is the contribution that Black Latines had in cultivating the sound that, today, many of us regard as uniquely "Latin."
As a kid, I was guilty of just that. It wasn't until years later that I came to understand the importance of claiming my Afro-Puerto Rican heritage and how it shaped...
As a kid, I was guilty of just that. It wasn't until years later that I came to understand the importance of claiming my Afro-Puerto Rican heritage and how it shaped...
- 2/27/2024
- by Miguel Machado
- Popsugar.com
About 20 years ago, Adrian Quesada was driving at night in his home base of Austin, Texas, when he heard something that made him turn up the volume: “Esclavo y Amo,” a psychedelic love song recorded in the 1970s by the Peruvian combo Los Pasteles Verdes.
“I had never heard anything like it,” recalls Quesada, the prolific multi-instrumentalist, founder of Black Pumas, and former member of Grupo Fantasma. “It sounded like a sample from a hip-hop song.”
Quesada had just discovered the world of psychedelic baladas that flourished beginning in the late Sixties,...
“I had never heard anything like it,” recalls Quesada, the prolific multi-instrumentalist, founder of Black Pumas, and former member of Grupo Fantasma. “It sounded like a sample from a hip-hop song.”
Quesada had just discovered the world of psychedelic baladas that flourished beginning in the late Sixties,...
- 3/29/2022
- by Ernesto Lechner
- Rollingstone.com
For this year’s Icons & Influences issue, we asked 10 artists to pay tribute to the women who have shaped their sound, provided an example, and inspired them to break down barriers. Puerto Rican reggaeton pioneer Ivy Queen talks about the clarion call she heard in salsa legend Celia Cruz’s historic voice.
In every interview I’ve ever done, the person who I always refer to as my biggest influence is Celia Cruz. For me, Celia had a completely unique, distinct voice, and her look was spectacular. She was a...
In every interview I’ve ever done, the person who I always refer to as my biggest influence is Celia Cruz. For me, Celia had a completely unique, distinct voice, and her look was spectacular. She was a...
- 3/5/2022
- by Julyssa Lopez
- Rollingstone.com
“I want my country to be free,” said Ileana Cabra Joglar, better known as iLe, with one hand on her chest. During a recent performance at El Museo del Barrio — New York City’s leading art museum for the Latin American diaspora, and the jewel of Spanish Harlem — she took a moment between songs to give pause and take in the history of the space.
The city would give the Grammy-winning artist a warm welcome earlier that morning, on an otherwise chilly spring day. Similarly, iLe strikes a well-balanced paradox...
The city would give the Grammy-winning artist a warm welcome earlier that morning, on an otherwise chilly spring day. Similarly, iLe strikes a well-balanced paradox...
- 4/23/2019
- by Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo
- Rollingstone.com
It was a special night to honor some of Latin music's biggest names! The 2014 Billboard Latin Music Awards were held tonight at the BankUnited Center in Miami, and the show opened up with the crowd going wild for a familiar name—Marc Anthony. It was announced at the top of the awards show that he had won Top Latin Albums Male Artist of the Year, as well as Tropical Albums Artist of the Year, Soloist for 3.0. Anthony showed off some of his salsa steps to the huge hit track "Vivir Mi Vida," and then dedicated the award in memory of Cheo Feliciano, the salsa pioneer who died a week ago. The energy continued when Latin lover Enrique Iglesias took the stage to perform his new single...
- 4/25/2014
- E! Online
San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rican salsa legend Cheo Feliciano died in a car accident early Thursday, prompting the governor of the U.S. territory to declare three days of mourning. Feliciano, a member of the Fania All Stars, was one of the most recognized salsa singers, with hits including "Una en un millón," ''Mi promesa," and "Contigo aprendi." The 78-year-old Feliciano was alone in his Jaguar when he hit a light post before dawn in the northern suburb of Cupey. Police officer Jorge Hernandez Pena, who is overseeing investigation of the crash, said in a phone interview that Feliciano was not wearing his seatbelt. He said it is unclear what led to the crash, adding that officials did not find any drugs or alcohol in the car. His wife of 56 years, Socorro "Coco" Prieto Leon, told reporters that Feliciano had been at a casino Wednesday night. "He was...
- 4/17/2014
- by Danica Coto, AP
- Hitfix
Salsa legend Jose Luis “Cheo” Feliciano died in a car crash Thursday morning in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was 78.
Cheo Feliciano Dies
Felciano had been driving his Jaguar when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a light pole at 4:13 a.m., according to Puerto Rican police. It has yet to be reported how fast he was traveling at the time of the accident.
No other people were injured in the wreck. Feliciano, who did not like to wear a seatbelt according to his wife Coco, died at the scene.
“Father will live forever because he has given his music, his heart to his people,”Feliciano’s son José Enrique told El Nuevo Día. “Thank God we have his music to remember him by.”
Last year, Feliciano had been diagnosed with cancer and had been receiving treatments with the expectation of going into remission.
The Puerto...
Cheo Feliciano Dies
Felciano had been driving his Jaguar when he lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a light pole at 4:13 a.m., according to Puerto Rican police. It has yet to be reported how fast he was traveling at the time of the accident.
No other people were injured in the wreck. Feliciano, who did not like to wear a seatbelt according to his wife Coco, died at the scene.
“Father will live forever because he has given his music, his heart to his people,”Feliciano’s son José Enrique told El Nuevo Día. “Thank God we have his music to remember him by.”
Last year, Feliciano had been diagnosed with cancer and had been receiving treatments with the expectation of going into remission.
The Puerto...
- 4/17/2014
- Uinterview
San Juan, June 28 (Ians/Efe) Puerto Rican singer Jose Luis Feliciano Vega, known by his stage name of Cheo Feliciano, confirmed in a statement that he is suffering from cancer and that he will undergo chemotherapy.
The office of the 77-year-old salsa performer released a statement Wednesday after several people went to the media on the Caribbean island to provide information about the artist's health without his permission.
"Two months ago I was diagnosed with a form of treatable cancer. Thanks to my God who has never abandoned me in these 77 years of life and to the group of excellent doctors in charge of my health care, I'm in full recovery," said the singer.
Cheo Feliciano said that the members of the medical.
The office of the 77-year-old salsa performer released a statement Wednesday after several people went to the media on the Caribbean island to provide information about the artist's health without his permission.
"Two months ago I was diagnosed with a form of treatable cancer. Thanks to my God who has never abandoned me in these 77 years of life and to the group of excellent doctors in charge of my health care, I'm in full recovery," said the singer.
Cheo Feliciano said that the members of the medical.
- 6/28/2013
- by Meeta Kabra
- RealBollywood.com
Willemstad (Csn) -- Last night I attended the World Premiere of “Salsa Giants” at the 2nd Curaçao International Film Festival Rotterdam: an unforgettable experience, the best! “Salsa Giants” was filmed in Curaçao during the 3rd Curaçao North Sea Jazz Festival last year, with additional footage shot in the United States. For this occasion Sergio George delighted the audience of over 12,000 music lovers with his “Sergio George’ All Star Salsa Friends”. All the Salsa greats are featured in the movie as they performed under the stars in Curaçao: Cheo Feliciano, Andy Montañez, Oscar D' León, Willy Chirino, Marc Anthony, Luis Enrique, José Alberto "El Canario", Tito Nieves, Nora of...
- 4/9/2013
- by Willem S.A. Costa Gomez
- ShadowAndAct
The nominees for the 2012 Latin Grammy awards are in, and Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra tops the list with six nods.
Guerra scored two of the 10 "Best Song" nominations for his "Azul Sabina" and "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital." The Dominican singer’s unique blend of merengue, bolero, bachata and rock has already earned him 12 Latin Grammys.
The list of nominees released Tuesday by the Latin Recording Academy includes both established musical titans such as Cuban jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and relative newcomers, including Afro-Colombian hip hop group Choc Quib Town.
Brazil's Caetano Veloso, who first came to prominence in the 1960s playing a samba-infused style of rock known as Tropicalia, is up for four awards. Caetano will also be honored as the "2012 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year."
The Latin Grammys are scheduled for Nov. 15 in Las Vegas and will be televised by Univision.
Check out the...
Guerra scored two of the 10 "Best Song" nominations for his "Azul Sabina" and "En El Cielo No Hay Hospital." The Dominican singer’s unique blend of merengue, bolero, bachata and rock has already earned him 12 Latin Grammys.
The list of nominees released Tuesday by the Latin Recording Academy includes both established musical titans such as Cuban jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, and relative newcomers, including Afro-Colombian hip hop group Choc Quib Town.
Brazil's Caetano Veloso, who first came to prominence in the 1960s playing a samba-infused style of rock known as Tropicalia, is up for four awards. Caetano will also be honored as the "2012 Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year."
The Latin Grammys are scheduled for Nov. 15 in Las Vegas and will be televised by Univision.
Check out the...
- 9/26/2012
- by Miguel Ferrer
- Huffington Post
San Juan, May 31 (Ians/Efe) Panama's Ruben Blades and Puerto Rican Cheo Feliciano this week released their salsa album "Eba Say Aja" after seven years of work in different recording studios.
Blades' public relations office in San Juan announced Wednesday in a communique that the new album has 12 songs, most of them recorded earlier by each of the artists, but this time with the voice of the other.
"This work represents.
Blades' public relations office in San Juan announced Wednesday in a communique that the new album has 12 songs, most of them recorded earlier by each of the artists, but this time with the voice of the other.
"This work represents.
- 5/31/2012
- by Anita Agarwal
- RealBollywood.com
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