Anthony “Romeo” Santos, known to his fans simply as Romeo, is the self-proclaimed king of bachata, and though he remains relatively unknown to the English-speaking world, he is poised to take ...

For his new single “Señor Juez,” Ozuna pays tribute to bachata by enlisting one of its creators, Anthony Santos, for a duet that nods to the past while retaining some contemporary pop elements.

We spoke like them, dressed like them.” Born Anthony Santos, he adopted the stage name Romeo to distinguish himself from the bachata singer of similar name, but also because it alludes to ...

“We felt that [our music] was so unique that it could actually backfire on us,” recalls Anthony “Romeo” Santos of formulating a modern bachata sound as part of NYC’s Aventura. From the ...

Bachata made its way to the East Coast of the US in the mid-1990s thanks to artists like Luis Vargas, Anthony Santos, Raulín Rodriguez, Frank Reyes, and Zacarias Ferreira — all artists Romeo ...

an LP that genuflected to and recruited genre-defining forebears like Raulín Rodriguez and Anthony Santos.) Instead, he has consistently sought out new ways of refreshing bachata’s templates ...