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Latest News
| Smooth Salsa 3 Room Party, Birmingham, Saturday 1st June Smooth Salsa 3 Room Party Saturday 1st June Aston University Student Guild, Birmingham THREE ROOM FORMAT for a complete non-stop night of dancin [ ... ] |
Scalatina Spring Spectacular, London, Sunday 26th May Sunday 26th May
6pm - 6am
THE SPRING SPECTACULAR SCALALATINA BANK HOLIDAY ALL-NIGHTER
featuring Special International Guests | Other News | ||
Latest Reviews
| Music ReviewsNew Swing Sextet - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow New Swing Sextet - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Following on from their 2009 Grammy Nominated album, Back On The Streets, New Yorks finest Sextet return with their new album, Yesterday, Today & [ ... ] |
Club Nights and EventsThe 2nd Newcastle Salsa Congress, 4th to 7th January It was the first weekend in January, only a few days since New Years Eve, and the UK Salsa calendar kicked off with the 2nd Newcastle Salsa Congress. I’d been booked to play on the Saturday night, b [ ... ] |
Music ReviewsThe Salsa Dura Show - Vol 2 Various Artists - The Salsa Dura Show Vol 2 Based on the popular Nick Aguirre's Salsa Dura show on Hard Salsa radio, Volume 2 in this compilation album series again digs into the vaults to discover s [ ... ] |
Latest Interviews
| Interview with Toan Hoang of TNT Dance How, why and when did you get into salsa? Like most people I always wanted to give Salsa a try. I was studying at UCL at the time and training with t [ ... ] |
Interview with Ron Renaissance Video interview with New York Trombonist, Ron Renaissance, filmed in 2012 during the La Excelencia Ecos Del Barrio World Tour. zq7jIt3Eobk RON RENAI [ ... ] |
Interview with Eddie Torres in Hong Kong, 2012, Part 3 Part 3, the final part of the video interview with The Mambo King Eddie Torres, filmed by Karen Chau in Hong Kong, February 2012; hlHucFP80So Watch [ ... ] |
Latest Charts and Playlists
| Steevo's current top 20 Favs Jan 2013 Steevo from the SalsaSabro' Sessions on Generation Radio has compiled a list of his current favourite tracks, some of which you may catch on his weekly radio shows on a Saturday night between 8 and 10 [ ... ] |
DJ Julian Summers, the Mambocity Christmas Weekender, December 2012 DJ Julian Summers has provided a selection of tunes played at the recent Mambocity Christmas Weekender in London.
PLAYLIST
Alma Primitiva - Nacho Zanabria y Orq. Zodiac [LISTEN] |
Dj Mike Parr, The Salsology Big Autumn Bash, Friday 5th October. A selection of tracks from my full playlist, played at Salsology's Big Autumn Bash on Friday 5th October. |
Latest Articles
| Bachata and Merengue–Tales from the Caribbean Bachata & Merengue – Tales from the Caribbean In this article I’d like to share my experiences of Bachata and Merengue in the Dominican Republic (D.R). My tour of the country lasted one month and I travelled a large proportion of the [ ... ] |
Yomo Toro, King of The Cuatro, 1933-2012 Yomo Toro R.I.P. Birth Name: Víctor Guillermo Toro Vega Ramos Rodríguez Acosta July 26, 1933 – June 30, 2012 New York, NY – June 30, 2012 – After more than sixty years bringing the national instrument of Puerto Rico into prominence a [ ... ] |
Reinstatement of the Best Latin Jazz Album to the Grammys Reinstatement of Best Latin Jazz Album -- GRAMMYS |

































