Reggaeton Song

GUAYNABO, Puerto Rico – Reggaeton star Daddy Yankee said recently that boxing is his favorite way to release stress and stay in shape. Photo caption: Daddy Yankee calls the gym his “secret hideout.” Photo by NBC Universal

The feast begins with a mustached salesman rapidly repeating “helados, helados, helados!” as he makes his way down the aisle of the bus, holding up plastic cups of homemade ice cream, a specialty of the Ecuadorean Sierra that's made by turning ingredients in a copper bowl over ice.

OSCEOLA COUNTY

Almost three years ago, I was on my way to the Village Vanguard to see Cuban pianist Bebo Valdés play an unusual club gig. It was almost unprecedented, as he had been all but forgotten since he exiled himself to Sweden after years of being a major player

Bruce Springsteen will belt it out for Barack Obama on the Parkway today. Jon Bon Jovi is scheduled to appear for the Democratic presidential candidate at a $10,000-a-head fund-raising dinner in Mount Airy next week.

Bruce Springsteen will belt it out for Barack Obama on the Parkway today. Jon Bon Jovi is scheduled to appear for the Democratic presidential candidate at a $10,000-a-head fund-raising dinner in Mount Airy next week.