By the 1950s, Latin music had become big business, so it’s no surprise the cowbell was perfected and mass-produced right here in the Bronx, by a Puerto Rican auto mechanic named Calixto Rivera ...

Salsa music is in crisis. In the last couple of years, Latin culture’s most popular dance style has been overwhelmed by the crossover commercial success of artists such as Mark Anthony and Ricky ...

From salsa to cumbia to reggaetón, an undeniable Africanía drives these genres. And it's just as much a part of our music's DNA as the language we sing it in.