Fifty years ago, a New York musician and his lawyer friend started a small record label that would become a global brand, taking salsa music from... On Fania Records And The Music That Made It Matter ...

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 ...

The acquisition includes approximately 19,000 master recordings and 8,000 compositions. On the publishing side, Fania’s catalog includes tunes written by Louis A. Perez and Luis Diaz. Songs sampling ...

For aficionados of Latin music in the 1960s and 70s, Fania Records was considered “The Motown of Salsa.” Based in New York, it was infused with that city’s rich makeup of Latin cultures and style. And ...

Michael Rucker got to play the Santa of Salsa this holiday season. As director of marketing for Miami-based Latin music label Emusica, Rucker spent much of his time delivering promo copies of the ...

If the New York salsa scene were its own galaxy — a glittering cluster where artists from across the Caribbean and the United States orbited around one another in a feverish dance — the late Johnny ...

EXCLUSIVE: Concord’s Film & TV unit has teamed with Pose and Vikings executive producer Sherry Marsh of Marsh Entertainment as well as Jane the Virgin executive producer Jorge Granier of Aquarius ...

Latin music luminaries expressed equal measures of profound grief and deep appreciation for Johnny Pacheco, the pioneering bandleader, composer and co-founder of the iconic Fania Records label who ...

The iconic brand is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year By Rebecca Sun Senior Editor, Diversity & Inclusion Masucci became Fania’s sole owner in 1967 (Pacheco stayed on as artistic director), ...

Craft Recordings has some sizzling music available for pre-order this weekend. A comprehensive box set of Fania singles that will be gone very quickly. This one is bound to get your toes tapping.