From a young age, Ángela Aguilar always knew that her purpose was to keep traditional música Mexicana alive. It’s a family affair, really: Her grandfather was ranchera hero Antonio Aguilar and her ...

Iconic artists like Daniel Santos, Agustín Lara and Javier Solís are considered to be pioneers of the beautiful bolero music that originated in Cuba and popularized in Mexico in the early 1900s, and… ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In 2015, musician Roberto Carlos launched Boleros de Noche, an annual concert series held in Los Angeles that aimed at preserving ...

UNESCO has recognized bolero music as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity, defining it as "identity, emotion and poetry turned into song." Bolero was born in Santiago, southeastern Cuba, at ...

With a voice that delights, Cuban bolero singer Hechavarria has taken bolero around the world. Photo: AFP As one of the greatest living exponents of romantic bolero music, 82-year-old Migdalia ...

In this 29th installment of Latin Roots from World Café, David Dye and Grammy-winning Latin music producer Aaron Levinson embark on a transcontinental journey exploring the history and richness of ...

MAURICE RAVEL’S “Boléro” is a strange piece of music, consisting of two melodies repeated nine times each. Originally the score to a ballet, it is catchy and keeps running in the listener’s head long ...

With passionate lyrics about love and broken hearts wrapped in slow tempo string music and rich harmonies, bolero is considered one of Latin America’s most romantic genres of music. And this musical ...

In 2015, musician Roberto Carlos launched Boleros de Noche, an annual concert series held in Los Angeles that aimed at preserving and showcasing the Latin American bolero music genre. This year, the ...