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Salsa

ORIGIN · SOUND · PEOPLE

Meet Salsa

Salsa is a branch of the Latin family, with its own performance and recording traditions.

The clearest way to understand Salsa is to hear how its rhythm, timbre and performance language change across artists and recordings.

Begin with Poncho Sanchez, Louie Ramírez and Luis Frank.

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Current genreSalsa

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main styleLuis FrankSalsa and Luis Frank share an artist-to-genre connection.
main stylePoncho SanchezSalsa and Poncho Sanchez share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleLouie RamírezSalsa and Louie Ramírez share an artist-to-genre connection.
main styleWillie ColónSalsa and Willie Colón share an artist-to-genre connection.
belongs toLatinSalsa is a subgenre of Latin.
genreTen cuidadoTen cuidado is connected with Salsa.
genreIcanIcan is connected with Salsa.
genreLa Navidad blanca (White Christmas)La Navidad blanca (White Christmas) is connected with Salsa.

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