1. Fania Takes Nueva York

2026-05-26 · 38 min · episode 1 · 9 entities

episode page audio

Asserted relationships

→ discusses Society & Culture concept

0.40

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Society & Culture
→ discusses Music concept

0.40

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Music
→ discusses Documentary concept

0.40

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Documentary
→ discusses Music History concept

0.40

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Music History
→ hosted by Futuro Media company

0.40

evidence rules-v5
Feed author/publisher: Futuro Media

Entities found in this episode

concepts 7

mentioned Society & Culture concept

0.50

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Society & Culture
mentioned Documentary concept

0.50

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Documentary
mentioned Music History concept

0.50

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Music History
discusses Society & Culture concept

0.40

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Society & Culture
discusses Music concept

0.40

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Music
discusses Documentary concept

0.40

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Documentary
discusses Music History concept

0.40

evidence rules-v5
Feed category: Music History

companys 2

mentioned Futuro Media company

0.70

evidence rules-v5
Feed author/publisher: Futuro Media
hosted by Futuro Media company

0.40

evidence rules-v5
Feed author/publisher: Futuro Media

Episode description as stored

The 1960s brings social and political change to the world and to New York City, where a young Johnny Pacheco keeps people dancing with his orchestra and charanga music. The Dominican musician is also going through a divorce and his lawyer, Jerry Masucci, happens to be a fan of Johnny’s music. The two form a music partnership that will forever change music. They call their music label Fania Records. Listen to the Music Behind Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York playlist here . Archival courtesy of The Bronx County Archives at The Bronx County Historical Society Research Library, Maria Hinojosa for Latino USA, Craft Recordings, a Concord company, Mary Kent’s Salsa Talks interviews, Aurora Flores Hostos Interview, and Martin Cohen Congahead Archives. This episode also utilizes fair use clips from Prelinger Archives and WBAI Radio. Want to support our independent journalism? Join Futuro+ for ad-free listening, early-access and exclusive bonus episodes with the chisme behind Our Thing: The Birth of Salsa in Nueva York and all our podcasts: www.futuromediagroup.org/joinplus . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.