Music

Radio network Latino Broadcasting Company (LBC) recently announced the launch of its new syndicated show, “Top 20 Latin-Urban Countdown- Hosted by Frankie Needles”, which currently airs on Latin-Urban station Latino 96.3, a Spanish Broadcasting System (SBS) station. The affiliate agreement with SBS will soon bring the show to other top Hispanic markets like New York and Miami

A Spanish language benefit recording of The Star Spangled Banner premiere on Friday, April 28th across the nation.

UBO (Urban Box Office) asked radio stations and media outlets nationwide to play the song simultaneously at 7PM Eastern Time in solidarity with the fight for immigration rights

As the United States Congress is set to resume debate this week on controversial immigration reform measures, Latin/Urban entertainment company UBO (Urban Box Office) has already begun bringing an all-star lineup of Latin music artists together to record “Nuestro Himno” (Our Hymn) – the first-ever Spanish-language recording of The Star Spangled Banner.

The star-power was turned all the way up at this year’s edition of “Premio Lo Nuestro a La Música Latina” as America’s most popular and most-watched Latin music awards show delivered its biggest night ever of the industry’s biggest name artists, both contemporary and traditional.

Family spokesperson George Rivera announced this morning that Ray Barretto died at the Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J.

For nearly 40 years, conguero and bandleader Ray Barretto has been one of the leading forces in Latin jazz. His hard, compelling playing style has graced the recordings of saxophonists Gene Ammons, Lou Donaldson, Sonny Stitt, and guitarists Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell.

StarMedia and VOY announced a strategic alliance through which VOY Music has become the exclusive supplier of a new digital music channel on the StarMedia portal.