For those who may not know, March 21st 2010, is National Day for Salsa in my home country of Puerto Rico. Every year they are honoring Johnny Ortiz, and they have an amazing lineup of artists including Ray de la Paz, Gilberto Santa Rosa and the famous El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico.If you'd like to listen to the live and official salsa radio station of Puerto Rico, check out Zeta93.fm . This is a great way to listen to salsa music especially if you are in an area where there are no salsa radio stations : Zeta93.fm RadioThank you to mambo-inn.com for recording videos and taking photos:

If you were interested in finding out about the results and dance performances that took place in December in regards to the 2009 Salsa World Championships, look no further. The great folks at ilivesalsa have made a good compilation page of all the salsa performance videos of the event so that you can watch them at your leisure.

For a few months now, the FANIA Records salsa music website had been down with a 'Coming Soon in Fall of 2009' text. Today, a brand new website has flourished to show salsa music in all of its glory!

If you watched the PBS special of "Latin Music USA" you must have seen the video snippet below. This particular section had a particular effect on me when I watched it. It is Rubén Blades and Willie Colón rehearsing one of Blades first songs with Fania Records called "El Cazanguero". It was great to see a young Rubén Blades singing with amazingly clear vocals and eloquent lyrics while Colón was directing the band. For those who haven't seen the documentary - hopefully this video will influence you to watch it. This is a prime example of artists having truly mastered their craft and created something that withstands the test of time. The classics never die.

PBS will be having a documentary about history and culture of Latin Music in the USA. Not only will they air the documentary episodes on TV, but they are making them available for viewing online through the PBS.org website starting October 13, 2009. Their first chapter will focus on the birth of what is called 'Boogaloo' and how it ties to the origins of salsa music and dance.