El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico may have played the House of Blues only last weekend, but this legendary orchestra is already hungering to return to the City Beautiful. And thus El Gran Combo has just ...

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican Salsa music orchestra. It is Puerto Rico's most successful musical group, and one of Salsa's most famous recording and ...

In this week's song pick, News & Notes Executive Producer Nicole Childers talks about her favorite childhood song, "Brujeria" by El Gran Combo. Every Wednesday, we play our staff song pick of the week ...

The band -- founded by the late Rafael Ithier -- has placed more than 40 songs on the Tropical Airplay chart, including 15 top 10s. By Sigal Ratner-Arias Deputy Editor, Billboard Español The founder ...

A white Christmas is a nice, old-fashioned notion, but it’s never really been like that down here south of the South. In clime and culture, our holidays still got that tropical heat, which means that ...

The Latin music industry is mourning the death of legendary salsa musician and bandleader, Rafael Ithier, who passed away of natural causes on Dec. 6 at the age of 99. Ithier founded the iconic salsa ...

The full slate of Wind Creek Steel Stage performances is set for the 40th edition of Musikfest with the announcement of salsa orchestra El Gran Combo. El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, as its formally ...

Rafael Ithier, the dynamic and congenial Puerto Rican pianist and bandleader who founded renown salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico and was its leader for decades, died Sunday (Dec. 7) in Puerto ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Donning a sweater and slippers and hanging out near the space heater isn’t going to make the cold weather go away. El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico might have what it takes, however ...

Members of the audience were cutting a rug in the seats as El Gran Combo brought some serious salsa heat to Musikfest. The huge salsa band has 60 years of performing under its belt, though of course ...