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- The Beat (dedicated to African, Caribbean, reggae and world music)
- Buena Vista Social Club (review of the Wim Wenders documentary, from the LA Weekly )
- "Charanga" (essay by John Child, from Descarga)
- Cuban Influences on New Orleans Music (essay by Jack Stewart, courtesy of Arhoolie Records)
- Cuban rumba and décima (essay by Phillip Pasmanick, from Latin American Music Review )
- Latin American Music Review (index of scholarly journal addressing all aspects of music in the Americas)
- Yoruba Sacred Music, Old World and New (essay by John Child, from Descarga )
Offline Reading and Print Music
Moore, Robin
"The first book in many years to analyze in depth the racial issue as the key to Cuba's musical history and heritage… An impressive piece of scholarly research, and a lucid interpretation of facts and documents. It is destined to become a reliable source for specialists in Afro-Caribbean studies."— Leonardo Acosta, musician and author of Música y descolonización and Del tambor al sintetizador.
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Mauleón, Rebeca
Tracing over one hundred years of development, Mauleón explores the range and
variety of the piano's role in popular African-Caribbean music, from its
beginnings to the latest styles. Examines dozens of piano genres that
underpin contemporary salsa and Latin jazz, from the Cuban
danzón
and
songo
to the Puerto Rican
bomba
and the Dominican
merengue
(bilingual book and two-CD package).
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