It's music meant for dancing in seedy nightclubs ... A few parameters: this list focuses strictly on the salsa movement from the mid-Sixties to the present. It doesn't tackle the mambo era ...

Get up on your feet and find a partner. This week, we'll be finding out more about a very sensual and romantic style of dance music - Salsa! But, where does it come from? Why are the dance-steps ...

Perhaps the greatest interpreter of salsa music, singer Héctor Lavoe (1946–1993) was instrumental in popularizing the genre during the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Known for his impeccably bright ...

Salsa was created when The Fania All Stars band added a dynamic New York flavour to the rhythms of Cuba and Puerto Rico. "It offered a music we could live by, breathe and make love to: it was the ...

Celia Cruz, often called the Queen of Salsa, brought a vivacity to her stage performances that filled her music as well as the stage. She was born in Havana, Cuba, in 1925, where she began singing and ...