More than 82,000 people witnessed the self-proclaimed King of Bachata -- the first Latino artist to headline MetLife -- take the centuries-old Dominican genre into further uncharted territory. By ...
What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation. Even the Bee Gees have gotten a bachata spin. Prince Royce’s ...
Romeo Santos brought Dominican guitar music to the Bronx. Now he’s an ambassador for Latinos in the world’s biggest boardrooms. ADVERTISEMENT The King of Bachata deftly loads two 35-pound weights and ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, Lehman College, CUNY (THE CONVERSATION) What began as ...
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 ...
When Romeo Santos was born in the Bronx in 1981, bachata, a guitar-centered ballad style from his father’s native Dominican Republic, was still shunned in its own country. This was the music of the ...
(MENAFN- The Conversation) What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation. Even the Bee Gees have gotten a ...