Sounding Salsa
Subtitle: Performing Latin Music in New York City (Studies In Latin America & Car)
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: June 28, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781592133154
Subjects: Ethnic studies; Sociology, Social Studies; Theory of music & musicology; Social Science; Ethnic Issues; Sociology; Ethnic Studies - Hispanic American Studies; Ethnomusicology; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Hispanic American Studies; History and criticism; New York; New York State; Salsa (Music); Social aspects
Description: This ethnographic journey into the New York salsa scene of the 1990s offers detailed accounts of musicians grappling with intercultural tensions and commercial pressures. The author, himself an accomplished salsa musician, examines the organizational structures, recording processes, rehearsing and gigging of salsa bands.