# Who is Willie Colón & The Origins of Salsa | R&R 123 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/rhythm-and-rhymes-6393755/who-is-willie-col-n-the-origins-of-salsa-r-r-123 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/rhythm-and-rhymes-6393755/who-is-willie-col-n-the-origins-of-salsa-r-r-123.md Podcast: [Rhythm and Rhymes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/rhythm-and-rhymes-6393755) Published: 2026-02-26T02:46:54+00:00 Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/realrandr/episodes/Who-is-Willie-Coln--The-Origins-of-Salsa--RR-123-e3fkek6 Audio file: https://anchor.fm/s/e1138224/podcast/play/116062278/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-1-26%2F418847324-44100-2-19f93dce3e762.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rhythm-and-rhymes-6393755/episodes/who-is-willie-col-n-the-origins-of-salsa-r-r-123 Duration seconds: 1084 ## Resource Subscribe to Rhythm FM: 👉 https://tinyurl.com/dr43zvteOn this episode Hosts AJ Hughes & Antonio Hughes discuss The Legacy of Willie Colón, the origins of salsa, and more. 00:00 Podcast Intro and Loss00:12 Willie Colon Legacy01:42 How Salsa Was Born04:07 Fania Records and Global Reach05:22 Blackness Across the Americas08:50 Willie Colon Song Picks09:55 Tainy Rosita Breakdown10:55 Suenos and Latin Roots12:29 Live Nation Trial Preview ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rhythm-and-rhymes-6393755/episodes/who-is-willie-col-n-the-origins-of-salsa-r-r-123/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/rhythm-and-rhymes-6393755/who-is-willie-col-n-the-origins-of-salsa-r-r-123.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.