Salsa music is deeply ingrained in Latine culture, and on this episode we explore its roots and the sounds that preceded it.

The popular group from Caracas, with a new album and tour bringing it back to Katy in March, refused to flee during the ...

Colón charted 20 titles on Top Tropical Albums during his lifetime, including seven top 10s.

Salsa legend, Willie Colon, has died at age 75. Colon was a key part of salsa's development in the 1970's as an instrumentalist, songwriter and producer.

Willie Colón, the salsa legend who took the genre to new heights while recording more than two dozen albums for Fania Records, died Saturday. He was 75 years old. Colón's family shared the news in a ...

Colón was 75. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, in the South Bronx, Colón signed with Fania Records as a teenager and quickly became central to the raw, trombone-forward sound that ...

Sonido Tejano teaches students the history of the genre, as well as how to play standards from Little Joe, Fito Olivares, and more.

Willie Colón, a beloved Nuyorican musician and a legend in the salsa music scene in both New York City and around the world, ...

A trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and arranger, he collaborated with Rubén Blades on “Siembra,” a 1978 release that became one of the top-selling salsa albums of all time.

One of salsa music's most towering figures is gone — the Grammy-nominated trombonist and activist died Saturday at 75.

Willie Colón, a key creator of urban salsa and a longtime social activist, has died. He was 75. His family and manager ...

Willie Colón, a legendary salsa musician who played a pivotal role in the Nuyorican salsa movement, died Saturday, his family ...