Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once viewed by elites with disdain, bachata has become popular worldwide. Erika Santelices/AFP via Getty Images What began as ...

A superb new collection of vintage bachata singles is titled Bachata Roja: Amor y Amargue, and indeed the music itself was originally called amargue — which means "bitterness" — for its slow-moving ...

Thanks to a new international arts series in Little Havana, Miamians can dance the night away celebrating their cultural backgrounds. Miami Dade College’s Live Arts will present the South Florida ...

Bachata music has blown up internationally. Bachata music comes from the Dominican Republic in the 1960's but thanks to newer acts like Romeo Santos and Aventura, has blown up internationally. We ...

Leslie Grace has combined her Dominican culture, upbringing and a fusion of classic American pop and Latin music to create a sound all her own. Born Leslie Grace Martinez in the Bronx and raised in ...

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Wilfredo José Burgos Matos is an Adjunct Assistant ...