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‘Fast Car’ Changed Luke Combs’s Life. He’s Back for More Hits.

The country singer helped to usher the genre into the streaming era before taking a step back. On his new album, he wants to go for broke.

1 HR 17 MIN LISTEN

The Bad Bunny Effect: Dance Without Fear

His “Baile Inolvidable” has sparked a surge of interest in salsa dancing and brought in a younger generation. “It’s been positively contagious,” a teacher said.

By Brian Seibert

Vows

They Met in an E.R. and Were Married at the Super Bowl

The wedding of Eleisa Aparicio and Thomas Wolter was seen by millions, but in their first interview, the newlyweds share the story of how they got to Santa Clara, Calif., with Bad Bunny signing as their witness.

By Sadiba Hasan

Willie Colón, a Luminary of Salsa Music, Dies at 75

A trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and arranger, he collaborated with Rubén Blades on “Siembra,” a 1978 release that became one of the top-selling salsa albums of all time.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor and Adam Bernstein

Willie Colón: 14 Essential Songs and Albums

The trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and producer from the Bronx helped shape the sound of salsa.

By Ed Morales

Neil Sedaka, Singing Craftsman of Memorable Pop Songs, Dies at 86

He sang and co-wrote some of the definitive teenage anthems of the 1950s and early ’60s, including “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” and then reinvented his career in the ’70s.

By Peter Applebome

Neil Sedaka: 14 Essential Songs

The singer and songwriter, who died on Friday at 86, gave voice to teenage dreams, then executed one of music’s most unexpected comebacks.

By Stephen Thomas Erlewine