The ritmo (rhythm) of the island has washed ashore, but this isn’t the typical tropical groove. These dancefloor smashes struck a chord thanks to their use of Dembow, an ultrafast dance genre from the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s the classic underdog story. At that time, dembow faced relentless criticism and resistance due to what one Dominican Republic ...

The sold-out show by the Dominican artist was a watershed moment for the dembow movement. By Isabelia Herrera “Who said the Dominican Republic couldn’t go global?” El Alfa announced in Spanish from ...

If there’s one person who represents the global force that Dominican dembow has become, it’s El Alfa. The artist, whose real name is Enmanuel Herrera, has been on the scene for 14 years, becoming one ...

On Jan. 7, Dominican superstar El Alfa posted a grief-stricken message on Instagram following the death of his grandmother Ramonita, and ended with a message of retirement for his nearly two-decade ...