Salsa started as a Caribbean phenomenon, but it spread all over the world like wildfire, and its devilish rhythm and sinuous melodies are now universal. At its best, salsa can rock as hard as rock. It ...

He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” Eddie Palmieri in performance in the early 1960s. From ...

For the past week, the number one song in the world has been a plena. On January 11, the title track of Bad Bunny’s newest album, Debí Tirar Más Fotos, took over the number one spot on Apple Music. It ...