The Dominican dance style bachata has been all the rage at Seattle’s Century Ballroom for several years now, so it’s no surprise that the elegant Capitol Hill dance parlor is hosting one of bachata’s ...

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Friday in New York, four legends of Dominican bachata music will take the stage as part of the Chase Latino Cultural Festival. The musicians, all in their 60s, play a type of bachata little known ...

June is busting out all over and the featured dance from the SaddleBrooke Ballroom Dance Club (SBDC) will be Bachata, taught by Harry and Dottie Adams. The Bachata is a vibrant and passionate genre of ...

A guitar twanged a high-pitched arpeggio, crying an almost tragic complement to the smooth voice crooning a love story. Underneath, a bongo beat out an energized, agile rhythm; the bass guitar ...

Bachata music has blown up internationally. Bachata music comes from the Dominican Republic in the 1960's but thanks to newer acts like Romeo Santos and Aventura, has blown up internationally. We ...

Letón Pé and Alex Ferreira bring the Dominican Republic’s new sound to Miami with April shows at Hoy Como Ayer and ZeyZey.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation. Even the Bee Gees have gotten a ...

What began as songs about heartbreak in the brothels and barrios of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s has become a worldwide sensation. Even the Bee Gees have gotten a bachata spin. Prince Royce’s ...