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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, Lehman College, CUNY (THE CONVERSATION) What began as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Arriving in a sunset-drenched Santo Domingo, I’m enchanted by the lyrical rhythms of bachata music floating from car speakers, corner stores and homes in the Dominican Republic’s cosmopolitan capital ...

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 ...

(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 ...