The Fania All-Stars were instrumental in making salsa one ... the last being her Grammy-winning 2002 album “La Negra Tiene Tumbao” (The Black Woman Has Swing). It would be the singer’s ...

The Fania All Stars, “Live at Yankee Stadium ... 9. Bobby Rodriguez y la Compania, “Salsa at Woodstock” (1976). This band was a blast, and you can hear it here live. This is a follow ...

This song — featuring the criminally under-appreciated Cuban vocalist La Lupe under the direction ... Who were the Fania All-Stars? This extended jam on their theme song has Johnny Pacheco ...

The Aguapanela’s Internacional will open its doors on 25 June at 6 pm. The “La Fania All Stars” will start at 11 pm, after the performance of Art Orchestra “Son de Cuba”.

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With songs such as “Mi Gente” (“My People,” written by Mr. Pacheco), Lavoe became known as “la Voz” — the ... of what he called the Fania All Stars. He directed the concerts, which ...

"Not very fluent, but I did get by." He and artists like Willie Colon and Celia Cruz collaborated to create the salsa supergroup Fania All-Stars. Their iconic, incomparable sound still resonates.

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.

"Le canto a la reina de la salsa ... sang "Mi Gente" by Héctor Lavoe. "Not only did Fania All-Stars made musical history, but it united people of different cultures and origins, and through ...