For over half a century, Fania Records has been synonymous with Latin music’s evolution, tracing the heartbeat of salsa, ...

There was a time when Fania Records was the most transcendent label in Latin music — hailed as the Motown of salsa. From its apocalyptic rise in late ’60s New York to its triumphant empire of ...

Salsa was created when The Fania All Stars band added a dynamic New York flavour to the rhythms of Cuba and Puerto Rico. "It offered a music we could live by, breathe and make love to: it was the ...

this music plays a particular role in people’s identity as it did in the 60’s and 70’s in NYC when Fania Records was born,” says McIntosh. Choosing to create salsa and plena tracks alone ...

Vernon Boggs, in his seminal book Salsiology, documented the New York Latino music scene, from its early period in the 1940s ...