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 ...

Back in December 2021, Edgar Barrera and Casta (real name: Luis Miguel Gomez Castaño) hit the studio to create a new track. That same day, they joined singer-songwriter Rios (real name: Andrés Jael ...

'Agridulce' follows four young students at Academia de Bachata, a music conservatory in the beachside resort town of Caberete. It's the only school of its kind in the world.

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 — ...

Prince Royce has a “weird relationship” with his new album, Llamada Pérdida, out today. The new album has 23 songs that he describes as “bachata in 4K,” as he explores genre fusions while getting in ...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic, March 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dominican singer and songwriter Yenddi is gaining renewed attention across the global bachata scene following the viral success of ...

Also playing the Carteret Latin Fest are Dominican merengue legend Mala Fe, Colombian cumbia greats La Sonora Dinamita, and New York City salseros Manole y su Orquesta. Summer Jam, in remembrance of ...

Global bachata music star Prince Royce releases his new single “How Deep is Your Love,” where he is able to dust off the Bee Gees classic and make it his own, with a unique bachata twist to it. Prince ...

When Romeo Santos tells you he wants you on his bachata record, you say yes. At least that’s what Natti Natasha thought when the king of bachata reached out about working together. “I remember him ...

Jacki Lyden reads from listeners' letters. Topics include a correction on the origin of bachata music — it's from the Dominican Republic — and one listener's suggestion for the derivation of the term ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Music brings Henry Míles back to family gatherings where he would dance and sing to all different kinds of artists. He grew up over the river in Indiana and first started writing ...

After years of success behind the scenes, Yenddi began stepping forward as a recording artist. His debut single as a lead performer, "Diez Segundos," released with Zacarías Ferreira, quickly became ...