A lot of fans of Joe Bataan, the singer and musician who first got popular in the 1960s and is nicknamed “The King of Latin Soul,” have at some point been surprised when they discovered he is not ...

Spanish Harlem – also known as “El Barrio” – was his kingdom. It’s where he learned to sing doo-wop harmonies on street corners and play clave, the syncopated beat that forms the base of Afro-Cuban ...

Joe Bataan and his Barrio Boys will perform on Valentine's Day at the Manuel Artime Theater, as part of the Miami International Jazz Fest. Once upon a time, Joe Bataan reigned as the King of Latin ...

Following my post yesterday on salsa and Joe Bataan's Ghetto Records, many readers emailed me about Joe Bataan and boogaloo. As I posted yesterday, boogaloo was a funky Latin-soul hybrid geared to ...

Joe Bataan grew up with a sense of pride in the heroism shown by soldiers in a brutal chapter of World War II history long since forgotten by so many of us. Seventy-four years ago his father named him ...

Dancing in the aisles at a recent Joe Bataan concert at the Smithsonian. All photos courtesy of Marie Antonette A. Ramos, Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Joe Bataan’s Band is slamming, ...

Jesse Thorn talks to comedian and Fresh Off the Boat writer Ali Wong, who recorded her new comedy special Baby Cobra, while seven and a half months pregnant. He also sits down with Boogaloo legend Joe ...

The Smithsonian presents “Joe Bataan: The Afro-Filipino King of Latin Soul,” Friday, Oct. 19, at the Baird Auditorium in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. A panel discussion will ...

Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles in MacArthur Park, and Southern Soul Spinners present Joe Bataan, Westside Crew, & Ruben Molina on July 9, 2022. Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles (Levitt LA) is thrilled to ...

Once upon a time, Joe Bataan reigned as the King of Latin Soul. Spanish Harlem – also known as “El Barrio” – was his kingdom. It’s where he learned to sing doo-wop harmonies on street corners and play ...