Achy Obejas

Jimmy Bosch Soneando Trombon (RykoLatino) Jimmy Bosch is a hell of a musical director for Mark Anthony, the current prince of New York salsa. As orchestra leader during the live...

Strange things happen to Albita, the Cuban salsa singer who blithely strolled across the Mexican border into exile in the U.S. back in 1993. (Actually, she doesn't much care for...

Before she goes on stage at B.L.U.E.S., Big Time Sarah sits at the end of the long bar and has a drink or two. As the BTS Express pumps, she...

Assume Joanie Pallatto, the signature voice of Southport Records, will pop up at more than just her featured gig during the label's fifth annual festival. It's not that Pallatto, known...

Tony Vega Hoy Quiero Cantarte (RMM) This is the first release by Vega since the former salsa romantica star became a born-again Christian. It's a surprisingly accessible collection of songs,...

It's pretty barren inside The Copa, a large new club just south of Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg. The place reaches for elegance (it even has a dress code) in its...

Don't ask anybody at Joe's about ceroc. Formerly Banana Joe's, this multidimensional, warehouse-like sports bar on the heavily gentrified block of Weed Street behind North Beach offers ceroc classes every...

In Argentina - land of beef, short pants and Che Guevara - the blues are called tangos. And don't think for a sec that the Argentines - with something resembling...

Maestro Subgum and the Whole -- the art rock ensemble put together by Curious Theater Branch's Beau O'Reilly and Jenny Magnus -- has never gone much for covers. Not for...

Amada Cruz, the Museum of Contemporary Art's acting chief curator, is leaving to become director of the Center for Curatorial Studies Museum at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. Cruz's duties...