Argentine folk singer Mercedes Sosa, the "voice of Latin America" whose music inspired opponents of South America's brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe, died Sunday, her family said. Read More
They knocked on the door with a search warrant that Aldo's mother could barely see. Read More
They might even name the ways that his first solo work—the fraternal twin albums Rei Momo and Uh-Oh —rescued "world music" from a decade of Putumayo-driven irrelevance. Read More
An international rock star is bringing a mega-concert to Cuba - a spectacle that could be the biggest visit by an outsider since Pope John Paul II's 1998 tour - while shrugging off death threats over an event he has dedicated to peace. Read More
The tender balladry offsets the hard-edged, politically slanted lyrics of Silvio Rodriguez. A spearhead of the nueva trova (new ... Read the full Silvio Rodríguez bio.