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 ...

Rubén Blades, the venerable salsa singer/songwriter/actor, is eyeing the Los Angeles-based Nacional Records as a possible home for his new music By Justino Aguila Rubén Blades, the venerable salsa ...

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 ...

Fania Records is frequently touted as the Motown of Latin music, but in some ways that undersells the story of the record label’s extraordinary rise, fall, disappearance, and eventual resurrection.

MIAMI (Billboard) - Record label Fania, the most recognizable name in tropical music, is poised for a new phase. Since the acquisition of all its assets by Codigo Group in May, the label has revamped ...

PINEVILLE, Mo. -- Customers often laugh out loud when they read LaSandra McKeever's salsa labels. They don't expect to find humor there, she said, smiling. McKeever enjoys creating a variety of salsas ...