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Posts Tagged ‘Afro Cuban’

August 6th, 2009 by Ian Where Cultures Collide – Salsa Celtica

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I’ve recently rekindled my love of Celtic Music with a band that appeals to both my passion and heritage. The band I’m referring to is appropriately named Salsa Celtica. They incorporate a wonderful marriage of traditional Irish/Scottish music stylings with the enigmatic rhythms of Afro-Cuban music. I find the music to be both discordant and harmonious. The stylings of both peoples so varied and unique that each voice dances in between roles that are supportive and sometimes mimetic to projective and assertive. This music felt brand new and yet somehow familiar.

My first inklings into Celtic music came from my grandfather who is into the traditional Irish songs, mostly bagpipe music that personally is rather …um… truthfully annoying. Sorry, grandpa. (more…)

Tags: afro celt sound system, Afro Cuban, celtic, gaelic, Salsa, salsa celtica, salsa music, techno, trip hop
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May 8th, 2009 by Ian The Styles of Salsa Music

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To compliment our email about the different styles of salsa music, I made a couple playlists to give definition to the variation in styles.

Classic Salsa

To begin with we have Salsa Clásica, a style of salsa developed and cultivated in the 50s and 60s by such greats as Celia Cruz, Willie Colon, Ruben Blades, Hector Lavoe and Tito Puente. The success of salsa in its early days was due to the social undertones and political messages it represented. The force had the power to unify the fragmented and uprooted Latin American population and act as a guard against assimilation into US culture. Below are some examples of Salsa Clásica. If you understand Spanish, much of the lyrics in these songs delve into personal quandaries as well as exploring sociopolitical themes.

Visit Salsa Clásica for full length songs.

Salsa Romantica

In the mid 1980s to 1990s, Salsa Romantica emerged from the dwindling popularity of Salsa Clásica. At this time Latin Pop and Rock began to explode onto the scene, (more…)

Tags: Afro Cuban, Classic Salsa, latin music, salsa dura, salsa music, Salsa Romantica
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