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Various Artists: Rough Guide to Latin Street Party

1 CD / World Music Network / 2008-08-26

Tracks: La Rumba Se Pone Buena - Jesus Pagan Y Su Orquesta; Mi Candela - Los de Abajo; Momentos Felizes - Magic Juan/Puerto Rican Power Orchestra; Bonita - The Pimps of Joytime; Prisionero En Tus Brazos - Ch...
Artists: Various Artists

A party of Latin music can be a party indeed, and the cuts assembled for this compilation would keep any party humming loudly, and the feet moving. It all begins on a pounding note with "La Rumba Se P...continue...

Wayne Gorbea: Introducing Wayne Gorbea's Salsa Picante

1 CD / World Music Network / 2007-10-16

Tracks: !Prakatun!; Dejame un Lado; Pa' Puerto Rico; Ven Baila Conmigo; Contigo No; Sigo Pa' Lante; DJs Sabroso; Lo que Dice Justi; Para la Rumba; El Yo-Yo - (Bonus Live Tracks); La Lenga - (Bonus Live Track...
Artists: Wayne Gorbea

It's not really Introducing Wayne Gorbea, since he's enjoyed a career that stretches back more than three decades. His salsa dura style has been an N.Y.C. staple, and this compilation cherry-picks som...continue...

Various Artists: Think Global: Salsa [Digipak]

1 CD / World Music Network / 2007-09-11

Tracks: Salsa Pa'l Ballador - Spanish Harlem Orchestra; Kasongo Boogaloo - Ricardo Lemvo/Makina Loca; El Loco - La Excelencia; Como Si Nada - Adriana Santana; Salsa Na'ma - David Cedeno; El Perro Rumbero - R...
Artists: Various Artists

It's hard not to love salsa -- after all, it's the perfect party music -- and this album has 14 excellent slabs of it, with the proceeds going to a good cause, Amnesty International. There's no attemp...continue...

Various Artists: The Rough Guide To: Salsa Clandestina

1 CD / World Music Network / 2007-09-11

Tracks: It's a Man's World - Ray Santiago; Nadie Te Tira - Ozomatli; La Raiz - Radio Mundial; Con Todas las Banderas - Toro Ensamble; Cafe con Sangre - Jose Conde/Ola Fresca; Chranga E-350 - Spam Allstars; S...
Artists: Various Artists

It's interesting but perhaps not too surprising that there's some overlap between this and Rough Guide to Latino Nuevo. Jose Conde, Cuban Cowboys, Ozomatli and Spam Allstars are on both discs, but the...continue...

Various Artists: The Rough Guide To Salsa

1 CD / World Music Network / 2007-06-05

Tracks: No Le Pegue a La Negral / El Periodico De Ayer / Oye Mima / Lloraras - Macolla; Que Bonito es Sonar - Jimmy Bosch; Prakatun! - Wayne Gorbea; Recordando a Cuba - Cubanoson; El Gato Boogaloo - La Sonor...
Artists: Various Artists

This second edition of the guide comes eight years after the first, and salsa has come a long way in that time. Pulling from various Latin styles, it all came together in New York before going interna...continue...

Various Artists: Rough Guide to Salsa Dura NYC

1 CD / World Music Network / 2007-02-20

Tracks: Lo que Traigo es Sabroso II - Eddie Palmieri; Estamos en Salsa - Wayne Gorbea; Babaila - Los Soneros del Barrio; Naci Rumbero - Jimmy Delgado; Aqui Cada Uno Viene con lo Suyo - Chino Nunez; Oigan Mi ...
Artists: Various Artists

With its thrilling, fast paced energy and hot-blooded spirit, Salsa Dura NYC is music made for dancing. Born in the nightclubs of the Bronx, Spanish...continue...
Although salsa music has arguably been around since as early as the late 1940s, its first wave of popularity and acceptance in the U.S. was the '70s, where it fit appealingly with the disco craze of t...continue...

Various Artists: Rough Guide to Latin Arabia

1 CD / World Music Network / 2006-11-07

Tracks: Mambo el Soudani - Salamat; Ya Nour el Ein - Amr Diab; Je Suis Naif - Cheb Sahraoui; Chan Chan - Rhany; Alabina - Ishtar/Los Niños de Sara; Ole Aman - Omar Faruk Tekbilek/Enrique Morente; Macond...
Artists: Various Artists

The connection between Latin and North African and Middle Eastern music predates the success of Shakira. You can find it first with the Islamic conquest of Spain, where the cultures first mixed, and i...continue...