In 1960s and 1970s New York City, the soundtrack of the streets in East Harlem, the South Bronx and beyond was salsa music. The label that made that possible was Fania Records.
A new, eight-part documentary podcast tells the story of the scrappy record company that brought salsa to the world.
Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Jeanne Montalvo, creator and producer of “Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York” and Oscar-nominated actress and Brooklyn native Rosie Perez, who narrates the series.
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