March in Charlotte is bringing everything from biting theatrical satire and classic drama to Afro-Latin dance, family concerts and a celebration of a Charlotte jazz legacy. Our roundtable of arts and ...

Join us for a special evening as we present "Tribute to the Mambo" with special guest saxophonist/flautist Mitch Frohman! Mr. Frohman and the Stanford Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble will be presenting both ...

More than 150 Latin music acts will be performing at the 2026 South by Southwest festival. From Big Soto to Mariangela, these are the 15 acts the De Los team is excited to see.

What you noticed first was the circle. Not a literal one—the chairs sat in standard rows—but a social circle that materialized as soon as Arturo O'Farrill addressed the room. He joked, testified, and ...

A native son of the Bronx, Palmieri was a crucial innovator in New York’s Afro-Caribbean music history. The pianist, composer and bandleader has died at 88. By Ed Morales A Nuyorican original, the ...

On Saturday, February 7, Flushing Town Hall will present GLOBAL MASHUP: The George Gee Swing Orchestra Meets the Arturo O’Farrill Afro-Latin Octet (Ballroom Dance Meets Mambo), an electrifying ...

In mid-December, most of Arturo O’Farrill’s 19-piece Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra lined the aisles of Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse while performing the premiere of his three-part suite “Mundoagua.” ...

He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” Eddie Palmieri in performance in the early 1960s. From ...

Afro-Colombian singer-songwriter Goyo and Mexican television personality Javier Poza will serve as hosts of the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards next week, Telemundo and Billboard announced on ...

With the arrival of 2026, Billboard Latin and Billboard Español editors predict some of the trends we expect to see in the Latin music realm this year. Last year, the Billboard team got many of our ...

I made one rule for myself, and I really try to live it: Play music you love, with people you love, for people you love. If I can't be that kind of musician, I’ll drive a cab. —Arturo O'Farrill, ...