Everyone has their favorites.

Stimulating, exciting salsa that sends a shiver of anticipation down your spine. Salsa that consistently offers an immediate retreat, giving one a sense of being enveloped in a world of classic melody. Music that is truly extraordinary. Music that can touch one's soul.

Here we feature our "highly recommended" salsa artists, where we take a closer look at the life and times of the great ones such as Hector Lavoe and Willie Colon but also endeavor to highlight some best kept secrets (both new and old) such as Jimmy Saa and Henry Fiol.

"There is a lot of salsa music I love, but the content and rhythms can only hold me down so long. These artists, however, never let me down" ~ Gus Ramirez, Salsablvd.com

Hector Lavoe
Hector LaVoe was born Hector Juan Perez, on September 30th,
1946 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. "El Cantante De Los Cantantes", as he is affectionately known, came to New York at age 17 with the dream of making it big. With no formal training, the skinny kid caught the eye of Johnny Pacheco of Fania Records. more