One of the can’t-miss releases of this year’s Record Store Day had to be a deluxe reissue of Willie Colón’s 1971 masterpiece La Gran Fuga, a defining moment for both Fania Records and Nuyorican Salsa ...
One of the can’t-miss releases of this spring’s Record Store Day was a deluxe reissue of Willie Colón’s 1971 masterpiece, La Gran Fuga, a defining moment for both New York’s pioneering Fania Records ...
Long before there was gangsta rap, there was Willie Colón. The South Bronx musician was 17 when he recorded his first album “El Malo” (1967) on the legendary Fania Records label, selling more than 300 ...
Legendary Fania trombonist, vocalist and bandleader Willie Colón read our recent post about the 50th anniversary of Fania Records and contacted us, wanting to comment further. MORE: Salsers supplanted ...
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