"Thanks to very big exams in the very near future, I won't be able to celebrate the third anniversary of La Onda Tropical the way it should. No big themed post this year, I'm very sorry. Thanks for sending in your remixes though, maybe later they'll get the spot they..."

"Sorry for keeping you in the dark the last two weeks. It's almost June, and faithful readers probably know things always slow down a bit in this dreaded exam period :) But here's a little teaser to what's coming up this summer!First of all, next month La Onda celebrates its..."

"IMPORTANT UPDATE: The concert was CANCELLED because Eddie Palmieri needed to return early to the USA. Of course I'll have to cancel the contest as well, sorry for that, and thanks for your participation everyone!You've probably noticed that we branched out our latin music activities recently. This spring and summer..."

"In 1966 vibesman Cal Tjader had already had his best years. Following smash-hit popularity with his Modern Mambo Quintet (including Mongo Santamaria on some cuts) in the '50s, and jazz respectability with his saving of the Monterey Jazz Festival in '59, his star began to wane after 1964's classic 'Soul..."

"Sharp dresser Johnny Pacheco left sun-kissed poverty in the Dominican Republic for the seedy crime-ridden back-alleys of New York with his family in 1946, at the tender age of 11. His father, famed bandleader & clarinetist Rafael Azarias Pacheco, envisaged the move as a good thing for the Pachecos, but..."