45 HORSEPOWER 03/27/23: Fania Records & NYC's Salsa Revolution (1966-1972)

DJ Rounder and the Mighty Farfallone discuss the major innovations in Latin music of the 60s, largely courtesy of the company founded by none other than Johnny Paycheck! --- oh wait sorry, Johnny Pacheco! Fania Records would form a monopoly on the salsa boom of New York City, as artists like Willie Colon, Hector Lavoe, Ray Barretto, Joe Bataan, and more would unite under one roof as the Fania All-Stars. Our co-hosts discuss the boogaloo, a maligned musical style even by those who performed it, as well as single out the Greatest Boogaloo Album of All Time. They follow the birth of salsa duro, the hard salsa, a fierce and uncompromising style, an urban, pan-Latin dance music, straight from the heart of NYC. Esta semana tenemos mucho fuego en la casa. Todo beuno pa' gozar.