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 ...

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 ...

African groups in Cuba, which Sublette traces to four distinct regions on the dark continent, kept a lot of their culture and traditions intact through the formation of cabildos, something like 'town ...