There are comeback albums, and then there are records that seem to redraw an artist’s entire future. Cheo, the extraordinary...
As the world marked the 100th anniversary of Celia Cruz in 2025, the vinyl reissue of The Queen of Salsa arrives as more than a commemorative...
The legendary collaboration between Celia Cruz and Willie Colón is back where it belongs—on vinyl. In 1981, Celia Cruz and Willie Colón reunited to record Celia...
When Metiendo Mano! arrived in 1977, it marked more than a new partnership for Willie Colón. It introduced a different sensibility into salsa — one grounded...
Craft Recordings’ 50th-anniversary vinyl reissue of Tremendo Caché by Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco is a vibrant and beautifully preserved testament to the golden era of...
Celia Cruz, born Úrsula Hilaria Celia de la Caridad Cruz Alfonso on October 21, 1925, in Havana, Cuba, stands as one of the most influential Latin...
With the plethora of re-released classic, recently unearthed and as well as not-so-classic recordings a great band, sucking – albeit for a time – the proverbial...
If Brasilian music has spread – across continents – and has been kept alive as far as Japan, thanks to the Choro Club of Japan, it...
Barretto Power: A Celebratory Reissue on its 50th Anniversary It was 1970 when Fania Records released Barretto Power, one of a series of seminal albums by...
In 2013, at the great salsa festival “Salsa al Parque” in the city of Bogotá, I had the privilege of listening to one of the most...
After many years of being together during that poignant period when the powerful and contagious sound of Joe Cuba was playing everywhere, Rubén Blades and Cheo...
