With the release of the (apparently not very good) movie El Cantante, interest in the singer Héctor Lavoe could grow amongst people unfamilar with 1970s salsa and Lavoe’s legend. A good place to start is with his classic album La Voz, re-released and remastered in 2006 by Fania Records.
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Héctor Lavoe – La Voz
Posted in Puerto Rico, music, música, salsa, video, tagged 1970s, Fania, Héctor Lavoe, New York City on August 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Celia Cruz & Johnny Pacheco – Celia & Johnny
Posted in music, salsa, video, tagged 1970s, Celia Cruz, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Fania, Johnny Pacheco, New York City on April 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
In 2006, Fania Records, the dominant salsa/Afro-Cuban music label in the late 1960s and especially throughout the 1970s, began releasing remastered versions of their classic albums. One of the first, is this 1974 collaboration between Celia Cruz, “the Queen of Salsa”, and Johnny Pacheco, the labels co-founder and influential percussionist/flautist/bandleader/producer. Its considered one of the career high points of these musicians and an [...]
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