From the Cuban mambo craze of the 1950s to the global virality of “Despacito,” Latin American music has been a fixture of popular music around the world so long as it’s been recorded.

By the 1950s, Latin music had become big business, so it’s no surprise the cowbell was perfected and mass-produced right here in the Bronx, by a Puerto Rican auto mechanic named Calixto Rivera ...

From Mexico to Brazil, Latin American identity flows from a range of cultures, traditions, and most importantly, music. The diversity of Latin Artists can be heard in each measure of their music ...

Latin Music Legend Eddie Palmieri Dies at 88 The pianist and composer’s Afro-Caribbean approach to jazz made him a musical innovator and cultural icon.

Bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri has died. One of the leading Latin musicians of his generation, Palmieri founded a number of seminal bands.