Salsa is dead. Gone. Kaput. Forget about it. A comatose genre swallowed alive by other styles of Latin music: rock en espanol and hip-hop, reggaeton and norteno. Salsa is dead. Or is it? For the la… ...

When hardcore salsa fans hear the young New York band La Excelencia for the first time, they’ll almost certainly be reminded of the classic acts of the ’60s and ’70s: Willie Colon, Dimension ...

With roots in Afro-Cuban music, salsa has gone through waves of popularity, from the mambo era of the ‘50s to the politically tinged rebirth of the ‘70s (when the term “salsa” was coined ...

The movie "The Flash" includes a nod to a salsa music classic and first Latina Supergirl as Argentinian director Andy Muschietti points to Latino fans.

The original artists who participated in the salsa explosion of the ’70s should have made new recordings and organized a tour that would, in itself, help to revive the catalog.

FORDHAM: In the '70s, the music morphed into the genre known as salsa. ULLOA: (Speaking Spanish). FORDHAM: "And so," Professor Ulloa tells me, "the music isn't original.

2008 Los Angeles Salsa Congress through Sunday at the Radisson Hotel at LAX, 6225 W. Century Blvd., Los Angeles. For more information, call (310) 445 9705 or go to www.mysalsacongress.com.

To some, Bad Bunny’s 70s-inspired outfit might have seemed like another of his signature fashion choices. But for those who know their salsa history, it was much more.

Salsa was born in the borough, but there’s no space dedicated to its history there. A group of music producers is now looking to change that by proposing an International Salsa Museum.

The original artists who participated in the salsa explosion of the ’70s should have made new recordings and organized a tour that would, in itself, help to revive the catalog.

VARELA: Because people like salsa. But if the show doesn't changes, like, from the '70s till now, we're not doing nothing. FORDHAM: For NPR News, I'm Alice Fordham in Cali, Colombia.