Earned 10 Grammy Awards in career spanning seven decades Remembered for percussive, dynamic piano style His music blended jazz, salsa, funk and soul sounds Made his musical debut at 11 with Carnegie ...

He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” Eddie Palmieri in performance in the early 1960s. From ...

Eddie Palmieri, the virtuosic keyboardist and visionary bandleader who helped define and then expanded the aesthetic parameters of the salsa genre, has died at the age of 88. His death was confirmed ...

When life gets loud, let the rhythm get louder. By Carina del Valle Schorske Ran-kan-kan: Long before I could name the source of my excitement, my body responded to the strident signature of Latin ...

Summer in Boston usually abounds with opportunities to hear live music that draws on new and old traditions from across Latin America. The future of some of these opportunities is uncertain. Many of ...

If there was a Mount Funkmore for the greatest funk bassists, Marcus Miller’s face and trademark porkpie hat would be sculpted into that musical monument. Miller honed his musical chops during funk’s ...

Bowling Green State University celebrates an American original musical genre with the Funk Music in Popular Culture Conference April 25-26, 2025. A two-day event packed with guest speakers and a ...