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Various artists The Story of Tango (Hemisphere) (star) (star) (star) As an introduction to tango music, "The Story of Tango" is pretty incomplete. Although it spans the 20th Century and...

Jerry Rivera Ya No Soy El Nino Aquel (Sony/Tropical) (star) (star) (star) "Ya No Soy El Nino Aquel" is smarter than it looks, what with a highly stylized Jerry Rivera...

When Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Cuba's seminal rumba group, plays at the Museum of Contemporary Art this weekend, there won't be a single original member among the group's 15 dancers...

Jose Feliciano has a peculiar cultural conflict. On one hand, his big 1968 hit, "Light My Fire," was a certifiable American crossover smash. It Latinized a rock classic and allowed...

Forgive Jose Feliciano if he performs more than a few boleros. To those who've been watching Mexican megastar Luis Miguel -- or Alejandro Fernandez -- reach deep into the songbook...

Various artists The Story of Fado (Hemisphere) (star) (star) (star) Fado, the blues of Portugal, is a mournful song style that grew out of the poor communities of Lisbon in...

Nathaniel Jones is sweating so much, there are strings of perspiration running -- not dripping -- from his dredlocks. He's a bit addled too, his mouth a little puffy. "Yeah,...

At Groovy, the '70s-themed Palatine disco, the comfort level's way high. On any given night, it feels like there's a reunion afoot, like everybody's home from college, catching up with...

Listening to the Last Poets' "Panther," an homage to the seminal black revolutionaries of the Black Panther Party, the message bubbling on top of a thick brew of popping African...

Johnny Cunningham `Peter & Wendy' from the Mabou Mines Theatrical Adaptation of J.M. Barrie's Classic Tale of `Peter Pan' (Alula) (star) (star) (star) (star) J.M. Barrie wrote "Peter & Wendy"...