Music News – Bronx Times

Eddie Montalvo playing with the Héctor Lavoe band in 1973.

Arts & Entertainment

Fania All Star Eddie Montalvo reflects on a lifetime of music and his bond with Héctor Lavoe

By Marina Samuel

Héctor Lavoe.

Arts & Entertainment

Raúl Carbonell returns as Héctor Lavoe for one-night concert at Lehman Center

By Marina Samuel

TC tango 2026 Guillermina Quiroga-Mariano Logiudice

Arts & Entertainment

Teatro Fest NYC returns a spotlight on Latino performers with 24 shows citywide

By ET Rodriguez

Willie Colon playing his trombone in front of a Puerto Rican flag.

Music

Fans mourn Bronx-born salsa legend Willie Colón at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

By Marina Samuel

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Tenth annual Element of Hip-Hop Awards celebrates Bronx artistic legacy

By Emily Swanson

Housing

Mamdani breaks ground on East Harlem affordable housing and arts center in former NYPD parking lot

By Emily Swanson

21, Cross Bronx EXPY, from Grand Concourse

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OUR FORGOTTEN BOROUGH | Shining the brightest light on the Bronx for all to see

By Robert Pozarycki

Idomeneo

Arts & Entertainment

Bronx Opera to perform Mozart’s ‘Idomeneo’ this February at Lehman College

By Ethan Marshall

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Arts & Entertainment

Acute Inflections performs intimate Jazz set at Sankofa Haus in the South Bronx

By Lesley Cosme Torres

Jamaican singer Shaggy.

Caribbean Life

US$1M goal for star-studded Jamaica Strong Relief Concert

Jamaican reggae icon Jimmy Cliff during a performance in 2012.

Caribbean Life

Reggae lovers pay glowing tributes to legendary Jimmy Cliff

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Music

Bronx punk band Planta Industrial plays to packed house for EP release show

By Emily Swanson

Broadway dreams begin in the Bronx for local teen Sienna Calderon

By Jason Cohen

Keenan “Special” Bristol, a Guyanese-American artist and activist and founder of “Music Brings Life.”

Caribbean Life

Music With a Mission

ice spice

A song so nice, Ice Spice named it twice: ‘Baddie Baddie’ music video drops with scenes of the Bronx

By ET Rodriguez

JK is a rapper/singer hailing from the Bronx.

AMNY

Harlem rapper/‌singer JK launches new album with New York City tour

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