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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While women artists have been some of the genre's most important ambassadors and trendsetters, they have consistently been snubbed. Case in point: “Chimbala y El Movimiento,” the first festival ...

Tokischa is dembow's renaissance woman. In a short amount of time, her message of liberation has left a mark on the music industry. While she has always been an artist, Tokischa fell in love with ...