Making Music Indigenous (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology)
by Joshua Tucker
When thinking of indigenous music, many people may imagine acoustic instruments and pastoral settings far removed from the whirl of modern life. But, in contemporary Peru, indigenous chimaycha music has become a wildly popular genre that is even heard in the nightclubs of Lima. In Making Music Indigenous, Joshua Tucker traces the history of this music and its key performers over fifty years to show that there is no single way to "sound indigenous." The musicians Tucker follows make indigenous cu...
Afro-Cuban Grooves for Bass and Drums (Manhattan Music Publications)
by Lincoln Goines and Robby Ameen
Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine -- Made Easy for Piano
by Gloria Estefan, Miami Sound Machine, and Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound
Available in English for the first time, Cuban Music from A to Z is an encyclopedic guide to one of the world's richest and most influential musical cultures. It is the most extensive compendium of information about the singers, composers, bands, instruments, and dances of Cuba ever assembled. With more than 1,300 entries and 150 illustrations, this volume is an essential reference guide to the music of the island that brought the world the danzon, the son, the mambo, the conga, and the cha-cha-...
Samba Jazz (Advance Music)
by Daniel D'Alcantara and Guilherme Ribiero
Origins of Cuban Music and Dance: Changui is the first in-depth study of changui, a style of music and dance in Guantanamo, Cuba. Changui is analogous to blues in the United States and is a crucible of Cuban Creole culture. Benjamin Lapidus describes changui and its relationship to the roots of son, Cuba's national genre and the style of music that contributed to the development of salsa, in Eastern Cuba. He also highlights the connections between Afro-Haitian music and Cuban popular music throu...
Panpipes & Ponchos (CURRENTS IN LATIN AMER AND IBERIAN MUSIC)
by Fernando Rios
Melodious panpipes and kena flutes. The shimmering strums of a charango. Poncho-clad musicians playing "El Condor Pasa" at subway stops or street corners while selling their recordings. These sounds and images no doubt come to mind for many "world music" fans when they recall their early encounters with Andean music groups. Ensembles of this type - known as "Andean conjuntos" or "pan-Andean bands" - have long formed part of the world music circuit in the Global North. In the major cities of Lati...
Rhythms and Colors / Listen and Play (Manhattan Music Publications)
by Airto Moreira
Eros Ramazzotti Adult Coloring Book (Eros Ramazzotti Books, #0)
by Bethany Hanson
Music of Latin America and the Caribbean, Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduate students, which covers all major facets of Latin American music, finding a balance between important themes and illustrative examples. This book is about enjoying the music itself and provides a lively, challenging discussion complemented by stimulating musical examples couched in an appropriate cultural and historical context-the music is a specific response to the era from which it emerges, e...