Tag: salsa music

  • BRENDA K. STARR

    BRENDA K. STARR

    the 1980s marked a pivotal era in the rise of latino english-speaking recording pop artists who achieved mainstream success. this period witnessed the emergence of gloria estefan, menudo, and lisa lisa & the cult jam broke down barriers by blending dance-pop, soul, and electro music with latin rhythms. this captivating…

  • Playlist: Songs That Remind Me of My Aunts

    Playlist: Songs That Remind Me of My Aunts

    my aunt janet kept her music cassettes on the small round table she kept in her room of the house that she and my mother squatted in. i’d watch her sit as she listened to one album and then rotate the rest of the cassettes throughout the day. it was…