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

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

His career spanned 60 years and dozens of albums and had been named among the most influential Latino artists of all time.

The salsa music pioneer died Saturday at 75.

Rafael Ithier, founder of the emblematic salsa group El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, has died at age 99. The pianist, composer and arranger — who served as the orchestra's longtime musical director — ...

Willie Colón, the iconic salsa trombonist, composer and producer who helped define the Nuyorican salsa movement, has died at ...

Music superstar Willie Colón, who helped define the salsa genre in the 1970s and '80s, died on Saturday, Feb. 21, his family confirmed on Facebook.

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.