On Thursday, Nov. 11, at 12 p.m. ET, Catalan singer and songwriter Rosalía dropped the music video for her recent single and very first bachata song, "La Fama," featuring The Weeknd. I've been ...

His debut solo album, Formula Volume 1, aims to cross over into the English-language market and spread his brand of bachata to the masses. Bachata is a melancholy Dominican music style heavy on ...

A superb new collection of vintage bachata singles is titled Bachata Roja: Amor y Amargue, and indeed the music itself was originally called amargue — which means "bitterness" — for its slow ...

Bachata has come a very long way. During the 31 years dictator Rafael Trujillo ruled the Dominican Republic, the musical genre was banned in most parts of the island because of its connection to ...

Bachata is to the Dominican Republic what jazz is to the United States of America. It is a genre of music but it is also a dance and a vector of Bachata is to the Dominican Republic what jazz is ...

For bachata singer J’Martin, the music part takes on a special meaning – he owns 31 supermarkets in the Associated chain, most of them in the city. “Music has always been my passion since I ...

That’s right, Kat DeLuna is back and fierier than before having released, "Kruela" a bachata song perfect for clubs and playlists. The Dominican-American songstress, known for her powerful ...

“We felt that [our music] was so unique that it could actually backfire on us,” recalls Anthony “Romeo” Santos of formulating a modern bachata sound as part of NYC’s Aventura. From the ...