Articles Elsewhere and More

Articles
Anything that takes my fancy, mostly UK-based or music-related, and the date I discovered them

Selling rhythm to the world, March 29 2008
King of salsa romantica: Genre needs edgier push, March 14 2008
Bass Rules: Israel “Cachao” Lopez and Andy Gonzalez, March 12 2008
Big year for a little-known bandleader, February 3 2008
Suzy Hansen knows her audience, January 1 2008
Reggaetón went mainstream, salsa went urban, Dec 31 2007
Bravely taking to dance floor, Dec 5 2007
Salsa Evolutions, Dec 5 2007

In the News
Israel ‘Cachao’ Lopez, Cuban double-bassist and composer who, with his brother, invented the Cuban dance style of mambo in the late 1930s. The Times, March 24, added April 20. Other obituaries for Cachao were published by the BBC, the Telegraph, and Reuters, among others.
Larry Harlow Honored for Salsa (added April 17 2008)
Obituary: Tata Guines, The Times, February 5 2008
Best Latin/world music of 2007: Salsa, samba tributes, Sun-Sentinel, December 28 2007
Exhibit captures life and music of Celia Cruz, Chicago Tribune, November 8 2007
‘The music was like an act of civil disobedience’, Guardian, May 1 2007
The fight for Cuban music, BBC News, April 30 2007

Other Stuff
The Salsamerlizer!
Station 89.8 FM’s Salsa Tropicana show
Salsology Radio