Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Ibrahim Ferrer (1999) more music like this

by Ibrahim Ferrer

When the Buena Vista Social Club album was released to great acclaim in 1997, it revived the careers of quite a few incredibly talented aging Cuban musicians. Like Ibrahim Ferrer, most of those musicians (who had been legendary in the '40s through the '70s) hadn't been performing professionally in decades. With the success of the Buena Vista ...

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Que Viva Chango! (1993) more music like this

by Celina Gonzalez

The queen of campesino, or Cuban country music, appears in a one-hour anthology of her Cuban albums. The music is rootsy, light, and moves forward with tremendous momentum. Ned Sublette, All Music Guide

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Rough Guide to Salsa (1997) more music like this

by Various Artists

The Rough Guide to Salsa is a superb introduction to the spicy sound of this popular Latin American music -- newcomers to the genre will particularly find much to savor here. Highlights include Joe Arroyo's "Pal Bailador," Jesús Alemañy & Cubanismo's "Mulence," and Alfredo Rodriguez's "Tumbao a Peruchin." Raymond McKinney, All Music Guide

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Pinareno: Music from Pinar del Rio (1994) more music like this

by Various Artists

Because of the U.S. trade embargo of Cuba, most of the salsa music that American audiences were exposed to in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s was recorded in New York, Miami or San Juan rather than Cuba itself (where the styles that came to be termed "salsa" were created). But various forms of salsa and traditional Afro-Cuban music have continued to ...

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Cubanisimas, Vol. 1 (1991) more music like this

by Various Artists

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From the Tobacco Road of Cuba (1998) more music like this

by Various Artists

This recording was actually released once before, with the tracks in a different order, by Piranha Records in 1994. The bands on the album are all musicians from the town of Pinar del Rio, a town known well for its tobacco product used in the famous Cuban cigars. The main form of music on the album is salsa, though the styles vary from son to ...

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