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

The most eminent record label in the salsa world has a story to tell, a story of diverse influences, and intercultural dialogue between the United States and Latin America. But above all, it’s a story ...

Johnny Pacheco, the Dominican Republic-born flautist-turned-bandleader and the co-founder of the influential Fania Records, the label that brought salsa to the global mainstream, died on Feb.15 in ...

Salsa idol Johnny Pacheco, who was a co-founder of Fania Records, Eddie Palmieri’s bandmate and backer of music stars such as Rubén Bladés, Willie Colón and Celia Cruz, died Monday. He was 85.

Its founders went from flogging LPs from a car to defining a genre in the late 60s. As a box set is released, manager Harvey Averne and star Joe Bataan recall those heady days in East Harlem The ...

Fania Records is known as the Motown of salsa music, a label that ignited and then monopolized the salsa explosion of the 1970s in New York. But until this year, the exciting music of that era could ...

Salsa's comeback dances on as super groups Fania All Stars and Salsa Giants announce fall concert dates. By Judy Cantor-Navas Salsa’s summer comeback continues into fall with the announcement of ...

Fania, the record label that is home to some of the biggest names in Latin music, is bringing Salsa to the South. On Tuesday, Fania Group announced in conjunction with World Dance Group, it will ...

The Fania All-Stars player and record-label impresario worked with Latin music giants including Celia Cruz and fostered a more intense, political salsa sound Johnny Pacheco, the co-founder of ...