Mambo

dancers

New York’s Roper Records provided the soundtrack for generations of dancers across the globe

Arts, Culture & Media

During its nearly half-century run, Roper Records released hundreds of high-quality records, cassettes and CDs, which it distributed via mail order to dance professionals in the US and internationally.

Spanish Band Los Fulanos Revive ‘Boogaloo’ to Counter Economic Pessimism

Global Hit

Spanglish Fly Revives New York City’s Latin Boogaloo

Arts, Culture & Media

Music Heard on The Air, Thursday, December 22, 2011

Music Heard on Air
The World

Congolese mambo

Global Politics
The World

Global Hit – Yma Sumac

Arts, Culture & Media

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Tom Schnabel of station KCRW in Santa Monica, California, about the late Peruvian singer Yma Sumac. She was known to Americans in the 1950’s as “The Nightingale of the Andes” and “The Peruvian Songbird.”