Latin music is one of music’s most diverse, influential, and exciting genres. Its roots come from traditional African music that, along with its people, made its way to Havana, New Orleans, and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Jacob Plasse remembers vividly the first time he heard mambo music. To hear him describe it, it was nothing short of a spiritual awakening. Now, as one of the lead collaborators in ...

When Paquito Hechavarria and German Pifferrer were kids, mambo was new and Dámaso Perez Prado ruled. “I remember when I was little, I used to sit at the piano,” says the 62-year-old Hechavarria, ...

The Mambo Kings of Orquesta Akokan. Pepito Gomez and Jacob Plasse are second and third from left, back row. Credit: Photo by Adrien H. Tillmann/Courtesy of JP Cutler Media If you ever want a test of ...

The Roseland State Ballroom in Bos ton’s Back Bay, just down the street from Symphony Hall, was jumping last week. It was jumping higher than Bostomans had seen in a long while. Cause: the mambo a ...

Mambo Maniacs Records is proud to announce the September 23rd release of “50 Years Of Mambo" a tribute to the father of Mambo Music, Damaso Perez Prado. The much anticipated double album is a live ...

Leonard Bernstein took the most electrifying moments from West Side Story and turned them into a concert showpiece. The ...

Are you ready to do the mambo with the boys of A-Prince? The handsome idol group released the dance version music video of “Mambo” through their official YouTube channel. For the dance choreography ...