Ray Barretto – El Watusi Latin boogaloo didn’t emerge out of nowhere and it’d be hard to find a more perfect early incarnation of it than Ray Barretto’s smash 1962 single. The anchoring riff couldn’t be simpler – six piano notes laid out on a classic Cuban chord progression – but it powerfully compels you to clap along. With its slow, deliberate rhythms, El Watusi crossed over from the Latin scene to appeal to dancers of all stripes but while it became Barretto’s bestselling single over his long career, he often rued how difficult it was to escape the shadow of its success. Once the boogaloo era kicked off in earnest in 1966, Barretto, like many veteran Latin artists trying to stay relevant, embraced aspects of the style. His 1967 album, Acid, remains one of the pinnacle Latin soul LPs, featuring enduring songs such as A Deeper Shade of Soul, and the album’s hypnotic title song. … [Read more...] about We like it like that: the songs that defined New York City’s boogaloo craze
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Pink ladies! Best pals Taylor Swift and Lena Dunham brighten up freezing New York City while holding hands on a stroll
In October Lena told Entertainment Tonight: 'Long before she was my friend, she was my friend in my head... I was listening to her while I wrote my first film, while I wrote the first season of Girls, while I wrote the second season of Girls - so she's definitely a soundtrack to many of my feelings.' … [Read more...] about Pink ladies! Best pals Taylor Swift and Lena Dunham brighten up freezing New York City while holding hands on a stroll
Richard Gere seen checking on the Bedford Post Inn in New York which he co-owns after Hurricane Isaias caused the property to lose power on Tuesday
The Westchester, New York property comprises eight guest rooms as part of the inn, along with two 'distinct' restaurants and a yoga studio called The Yoga Loft that is home to daily classes, workshops and events. … [Read more...] about Richard Gere seen checking on the Bedford Post Inn in New York which he co-owns after Hurricane Isaias caused the property to lose power on Tuesday
Fania All-Stars, New York City 1971: salsa swaggers into the mainstream
It’s the evening of 26 August 1971, and on the cramped stage of the Cheetah – a glitzy discotheque on Broadway and 53rd in Manhattan decorated in aluminium, black velvet and thousands of multicoloured lightbulbs – gather some of the finest Latin musicians of their era. Included among them are trombonist Willie Colón, conga-player Ray Barretto, pianist Larry Harlow and a murderers’ row of vocalists, featuring Cheo Feliciano, Héctor Lavoe, Ismael Miranda, Bobby Cruz, Adalberto Santiago and Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez. These are the artists who have helped coin salsa, that seamy fusion of Afro-Caribbean and South American sounds forged within the barrios of New York, with a name aficionados detest but grooves no living soul can resist. … [Read more...] about Fania All-Stars, New York City 1971: salsa swaggers into the mainstream
The New Guinea cannibals accused of killing and eating Michael Rockefeller: Photographer visits Indonesian people who gave up eating humans thirty years ago and converted to Christianity after disappearance of American heir in 1961
He claims that once Rockefeller made it to shore, the men of the Asmats - a notoriously violent New Guinea tribe - tortured, beheaded and ate Rockefeller in a ritualistic cannibal killing. … [Read more...] about The New Guinea cannibals accused of killing and eating Michael Rockefeller: Photographer visits Indonesian people who gave up eating humans thirty years ago and converted to Christianity after disappearance of American heir in 1961
