Anyone who knows, or intuitively understands, that two words describing a noun are hyphenated ends up writing some compounds ...

Not long ago, a cellphone was a cell phone. A teenager was a teen-ager. Goodbye was good-bye. A website was a Web site. Legroom was leg room. Words and compounds evolve all the time. But in this ...

English has rules. Teachers insist on them. Exams depend on them. Grammar books list them carefully. And yet, English breaks its own rules all the time. Silent letters often reflect older ...

"We are heartbroken by the passing of an icon whose sound transcended the dance floor and defined an era," read a statement from Colón's label Fania Records Jack Irvin has worked at PEOPLE since 2022.

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Across thousands of languages spoken worldwide, certain grammatical patterns seem to recur again and again. A new large-scale study applies evolutionary modeling to test whether these similarities ...

The salsa music pioneer has died at the age of 75. Willie Colón, salsa music pioneer, died at age 75; no official cause of death. His career redefined New York's salsa scene and spanned over sixty ...

The trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer from the Bronx helped shape the sound of salsa. By Ed Morales The music that the world now knows as salsa would probably not exist if not for ...

Innovative composer, vibrant trombonist, bandleader, and salsa visionary Willie Colón has died. On social media yesterday (February 21), his family confirmed the news. “It is with profound sadness ...

Willie Colón was the definition of groove. The late musician was considered the maestro within the salsa genre. Setting a standard high, he left a legacy behind of songs that have impressed the world.

Salsa has known more than its share of star vocalists and virtuoso instrumentalists. But among the artists who defined the rich, layered specificity of its sound was Willie Colón, who died on Feb. 21.