Latin A section containing links to sites with afro-latin music news, artists, views and samples. Bands and Artists Latin musicians, songwriters, bands, singers, and performers. Merengue National dance of the Dominican Republic.
Typical instrumentation includes percussions, congas, maracas, tamboras, horns and trumpets.
Salsa Dance music that blends African, Spanish, Cuban and Puerto Rican sounds, sometimes with jazzy arrangements but often with heavy horn power. Song styles include the son montuno, danzon and guaguanco, but the main engine is the son.