Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Once viewed by elites with disdain, bachata has become popular worldwide. Erika Santelices/AFP via Getty Images What began as ...

Both Colombian singer-songwriter Camilo and Dominican dembow star El Alfa dipped their toes into the bachata genre when they dropped their 2020 collaboration “Bebé.” The melody fuses traditional ...

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 ...

It used to be that recording artists had to be known for a specific genre to get signed to a label. But in recent years, more and more music artists have been experimenting with different genres — ...

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-moving ...

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 ...

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Manuel Turizo needs no moniker to flex his sweet baritone vocals. It’s a point of pride for the 24-year-old Colombian singer, to be as true as he can to himself.

Before becoming a global phenomenon in the 2000s thanks to artists like Aventura, Monchy y Alexandra and Prince Royce, and before being declared an “intangible cultural heritage of humanity” by UNESCO ...

The lights dim, the music swells, and strangers glide across the dance floor with surprising ease. At bachata socials across Hyderabad, every step feels less like choreography and more like ...

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 ...