The king is dead, long live the king. From this moment on, Willy Colon's name is spoken of as a legend and his legacy is told ...

Colón was 75. Born William Anthony Colón Román on April 28, 1950, in the South Bronx, Colón signed with Fania Records as a ...

The unhinged ex-CUNY professor who once held a machete to a Post reporter’s neck was tapped by the city to create a permanent ...

His career spanned 60 years and dozens of albums and had been named among the most influential Latino artists of all time.

Willie Colón, the legendary Latin musician who helped define salsa music, has The Bronx-born trombonist, bandleader and ...

Prolific playwright Migdalia Cruz knows the value of a teacher to a writer, a person who, as she puts it during a recent interview, can “help you reveal yourself to yourself.” Teachers can come in ...

Music superstar Willie Colón, who helped define the salsa genre in the 1970s and '80s, died on Saturday, Feb. 21, his family ...

Willie Colón, the salsa legend who took the genre to new heights while recording more than two dozen albums for Fania Records ...

A trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and arranger, he collaborated with Rubén Blades on “Siembra,” a 1978 release that ...

One of salsa music's most towering figures is gone — the Grammy-nominated trombonist and activist died Saturday at 75.

For New York City’s mayor, the hard part isn’t deciding whether or not to shut down Rikers, but figuring out how to do it ...

The housing development, known as El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109, is the last of its kind. That’s because its creation was the ...