Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra at American Airlines Arena March 17

Juan Luis Guerra Is Incredibly Tall, and He'll Be at the American Airlines Arena on March 17

​Juan Luis Guerra -- he's an Afro-pop institution, a Dominican merengue y bachata icon with over 30 million records sold and a Brinks truckload worth of Latin Grammy and Latin Billboard awards. But most impressively, the dude's mad tall -- like six feet, six inches tall. And in the Spanish-langu ... More >>

Enrique Iglesias, Pitbull, and Prince Royce at American Airlines Arena October 22

​Juan Luis Guerra -- he's an Afro-pop institution, a Dominican merengue y bachata icon with over 30 million records sold and a Brinks truckload worth of Latin Grammy and Latin Billboard awards. But most impressively, the dude's mad tall -- like six feet, six inches tall. And in the Spanish-langu ... More >>

Enrique Iglesias's Strange Transformation From Latin Heartthrob to Crazy Horndog

​Remember when Madrid-born, Miami-raised pop star Enrique Iglesias broke onto the American music scene in the early 2000s? He had those sensitively angled brows, tastefully pumped-up muscles, and beautiful skin tanned to perfection by the South Florida sun. And that mole ... Oh, the mole! He was ... More >>

Premios Juventud 2011 Winners

Pitbull is a winner!​We here at Crossfade spent a sleepless night obsessively stalking all our favorite Latin pop stars via Twitter, Twitpic, Facebook, YouTube and other interwebby means. Why? Yesterday was día de Premios Juventud! And even though we were pretty busy trolling the depths of the ... More >>

Billboard Latin Music Awards 2011: Winners, Losers, and Relative Unknowns

Pitbull got robbed at the Latin Billboard Awards!​That little chico Pitbull got robbed last night at the BankUnited Center on the campus of the University of Miami. And the entire world watched it happen. Well, maybe not everyone. But the people who saw Telemundo's broadcast of the Billboard ... More >>

Billboard Latin Music Awards and Conference Descends on Miami April 26 to 28

Tonight I'm...WINNING!​The 22nd annual Billboard Latin Music Awards and Conference rolls into town next week -- and with it, a multitude of stars, celebs and industry types who will descend upon Miami Beach to partake of parties, panels and poolside cocktails at the Eden Rock Renaissance. But the ... More >>

2010 Latin Grammy Awards: Crossfade Cashes in Its Chips on Winning Picks

guavaberry.netLast night's big winner, Juan Luis Guerra​The awards are over. My hotel room is trashed. There's debris everywhere -- cigarette butts and cigar nubsand shards of glass from countless broken bottles. There's a strange mustard mural painted -- now dried -- on the mirror, and ... More >>

2010 Latin Grammy Awards: Crossfade Makes Some Heavy Bets on the Big Winners

Will Camila win Record of the Year?​The Latin Grammy awards are upon us once again. It's a night when the hottest stars in the Hispanic entertainment cosmos gather together in one spot. And this year, that spot is ... Where else? Sin City. They couldn't have picked a better locale. Last year's sh ... More >>

Latin Grammy Street Party Comes to Miami This Sunday

​The Latin Grammys are right around the corner once again with this year's big show set for Thursday, November 11 in Las Vegas. And while you might not make it out to Sin City for all that catch the action as Vegas fills up with nominees and top acts -- including Camila, Jorge Drexler, Juan Luis G ... More >>

Thalia Releasing Deluxe Edition of Primera Fila, Shot at BankUnited Center

​Thalia has engineered a rather successful comeback post hiatus from the limelight to instead bask in the glow of motherhood and enjoy family life with husband and music mogul Tommy Mottola, followed by her commercially disappointing 2008 release Lunada (her last on EMI). We couldn't be happi ... More >>

Enrique Iglesias honors his Miami upbringing with a new bilingual album

​Thalia has engineered a rather successful comeback post hiatus from the limelight to instead bask in the glow of motherhood and enjoy family life with husband and music mogul Tommy Mottola, followed by her commercially disappointing 2008 release Lunada (her last on EMI). We couldn't be happi ... More >>

Ricky Martin Joins Forces with Habitat For Humanity in Haiti and Chile Relief

​Locally transplanted Puerto Rican superstar and Latin heartthrob Ricky Martin has always had a strong inclination toward philanthropic ambitions, frequently using his own dough and fame over the years to lend a helping hand to worthy causes. In fact, he has his very own organization, the Ricky Ma ... More >>

Lizette Santana at Santo, Tonight

​Soulful, sultry and 100 percent heartfelt, Lizette Santana's music is as much a product of her upbringing as her very personality, and it seems almost as though the two are one and the same. Her recently released debut album Aun Sueño En Ti (I Still Dream of You) is a bilingual work crafted ... More >>

Friday Night: Juan Luis Guerra at Hard Rock Live

Juan Luis Guerra Hard Rock Live, HollywoodFriday, June 26, 2009  Better Than: Any other tropical music night in South Florida.  The Review: Last Friday, South Floridians of all ages were treated to a hard-hitting concert by one of the greatest and most beloved artists in the Latin firmamen ... More >>

Juan Luis Guerra

Juan Luis Guerra Hard Rock Live, HollywoodFriday, June 26, 2009  Better Than: Any other tropical music night in South Florida.  The Review: Last Friday, South Floridians of all ages were treated to a hard-hitting concert by one of the greatest and most beloved artists in the Latin firmamen ... More >>

Last Night: Juan Luis Guerra at the American Airlines Arena

Juan Luis Guerra Hard Rock Live, HollywoodFriday, June 26, 2009  Better Than: Any other tropical music night in South Florida.  The Review: Last Friday, South Floridians of all ages were treated to a hard-hitting concert by one of the greatest and most beloved artists in the Latin firmamen ... More >>

Standing Tall

Juan Luis Guerra has never bent.

Spain Does Reggaeton at Eurovision.... Sort of

Juan Luis Guerra has never bent.

Marlon Fernandez's Rise to Fame

Juan Luis Guerra has never bent.

Juan Luis Guerra, Calle 13, Ricky Martin Sweep Latin Grammy Nominations

Juan Luis Guerra has never bent.

Juan Luis Guerra and 4.40

Juan Luis Guerra has never bent.

Bachá

Bachá (Sony)

Staged Readings

Improv-ing your love life

Mean Green Musical

Get ready for some more Seymour and Audrey II

Label of Love

J&N Records proves, ya gotta love bachata to sell bachata

The emperor's borrowed clothes

Julio Sabala metes out comic justice

Shake

We are the United States

Much Ado

Choosing winners at the Latin Grammys is like comparing apples and oranges -- and orangutans

Hear Her Roar

Merenguera Milly Quezada is more aggressive than ever

David Alvarez y Juego de Manos

Mundo Loco (Tumi Music)

Various Artists

Republica Dominica (Putumayo)

Brotherly Beats

The "froggie-style" merengue-bomba rhythm is gonna getcha

Free Radio Miami

The "froggie-style" merengue-bomba rhythm is gonna getcha

The Quiet Cuban

When he appeared in Miami last year, jazz pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba ignited a firestorm of controversy. Though he now lives in South Florida, he just wants to play music, not politics.

Talkhous About a Revolution

Live bands. Loud crowds. High energy. All of it crawling out from under a local rock.

A Sea of Trouble

For 66 days Bill and Simonne Butler drifted together on a tiny raft in the Pacific. After they were finally rescued and came back to Miami, they drifted apart.

Pour and Tour

You can get embalmed where you used to get bombed. You can buy something to shoot where you used to buy shots. A booze cruise along Bird Road.

Riot With a View

Bob Marley provides the soundtrack on a tiny, mixed-up island. Burnin' and lootin'? Not exactly.

Bottom of the Heap O Top of the World

Just how popular is Juan Luis Guerra? If you have to ask, you haven't been listening.

Double Time

Just how popular is Juan Luis Guerra? If you have to ask, you haven't been listening.