Romeo Santos is keeping traditional bachata alive one song at a time. By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin Romeo Santos is keeping traditional bachata alive one song at a time. The Dominican singer ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once viewed by elites with disdain, bachata has become popular worldwide. Erika Santelices/AFP via Getty Images What began as ...

In a palm tree–lined school courtyard in the small town of Cabarete, on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, children are making music. Some play the bongos; some, guitars. Others sing or ...

Santos’s fame hasn’t gone unrecognized. He’s already made waves by becoming the first Latino in history to headline at Yankee Stadium, with two sold-out dates in 2014. (Pink Floyd or Metallica ...

See the artists who've added to bachata's growing presence in Latin pop this decade. By Jessica Roiz Assistant Editor, Latin A year ago, Billboard predicted the trends we would see over the course of ...

MIAMI (Billboard) - At first glance, the Japanese island city of Fukuoka, said to be the country's oldest city, is an unlikely hotbed for bachata -- traditional, romantic dance music from 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 ...

(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 ...