A superb new collection of vintage bachata singles is titled Bachata Roja: Amor y Amargue, and indeed the music itself was originally called amargue — which means "bitterness" — for its slow-moving ...

Bachata music has blown up internationally. Bachata music comes from the Dominican Republic in the 1960's but thanks to newer acts like Romeo Santos and Aventura, has blown up internationally. We ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once viewed by elites with disdain, bachata has become popular worldwide. Erika Santelices/AFP via Getty Images What began as ...

After years of success behind the scenes, Yenddi began stepping forward as a recording artist. His debut single as a lead performer, "Diez Segundos," released with Zacarías Ferreira, quickly became ...

Friday in New York, four legends of Dominican bachata music will take the stage as part of the Chase Latino Cultural Festival. The musicians, all in their 60s, play a type of bachata little known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dominican Bachata superstar Romeo Santos, along with Sony Music Latin, Endeavor Streaming and iNDemand, will premier two films — ...

In many ways, Geoffrey Royce Rojas is like millions of other young Latino Americans. He was raised by Dominican parents who came to New York looking for the American dream and struggled to keep their ...

Santo Domingo, 23 abr (EFE).Santo Domingo, 23 abr (EFE). — El ministro dominicano de Cultura, José Antonio Rodríguez, dijo hoy que la decisión del Congreso Nacional de aprobar una ley que declara la ...

It used to be that recording artists had to be known for a specific genre to get signed to a label. But in recent years, more and more music artists have been experimenting with different genres — ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, Lehman College, CUNY (THE CONVERSATION) What began as ...