Latin

Resources in this category:

Batanga: Free Latin Music, Music Videos & Internet Radio
http://www.batanga.com/en/

A source for a wide variety of Latin music genres ranging from popular to Norteño/Banda/Corridos, to Cubanísimo. Contents include interviews, reviews, videoclips, and links to radio broadcasts. Available in both English and Spanish.

Flamenco-world.com: La web del flamenco
http://www.flamenco-world.com/flamenco.htm

Online magazine and other resources about the Spanish Flamenco culture--cante (song), dance, and guitar. It includes artist interviews, news, CD reviews, sample audio files, and video. There is an encyclopedia of flamenco artists, a dictionary of terms, and a "cyberpeña" (cyber club) for flamenco enthusiasts. Available in both English and Spanish.

Glossary of Terms Relating to Afro-Caribbean Music
http://www.descarga.com/cgi-bin/db/glossary?uofoIoNx;;558

Descarga, a online resource for finding and purchasing CDs, books, videos, and other materials related to Afro-Latin music, has published this glossary of terms, which includes information on instruments and music styles.

Hispano Music and Culture from the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/rghtml/rghome.html

"Hispano Music and Culture of the Northern Rio Grande: The Juan B. Rael Collection is an online presentation of a multi-format ethnographic field collection documenting religious and secular music of Spanish-speaking residents of rural Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado. In 1940, Juan Bautista Rael of Stanford University, a native of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico, used disc recording equipment supplied by the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center) to document alabados (hymns), folk drama, wedding songs, and dance tunes. The recordings included in the Archive of Folk Culture collection were made in Alamosa, Manassa, and Antonito, Colorado, and in Cerro and Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico. In addition to these recordings, the collection includes manuscript materials and publications authored by Rael which provide insight into the rich musical heritage and cultural traditions of this region."

Mariachi Publishing Company: Education Resources
http://www.sobrino.net/mer/

A collection of resources for mariachi enthusiasts including articles about mariachi styles like the Son Jaliscience, the Jarabe, and the Ranchera. The site also features a brief history of the mariachi tradition, a mariachi trumpet articulation guide, violin & trumpet voicing guide,vihuela chords chart, and tuning/strum charts

Piazzolla.Org: The Internet Home of Astor Piazzolla and his Tango Nuevo
http://www.piazzolla.org/

Available in both Spanish and English. Dedicated to the music of Argentinean, Astor Piazolla. Features include an extensive biography and an audio library.

RootsWorld: Latin, The Caribbean, and South America
http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/latin-caribe.html

A collection of interviews, articles and CD reviews related to the Latin music of the Caribbean and South America.

RootsWorld: South America, Central America and Mexico
http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/sa.html

A collection of interviews, articles and CD reviews related to the Latin music of South America, Central America, and Mexico

Salsa & Merengue
http://www.salsa-merengue.co.uk/revealit/explode.html

Available in both English and Spanish, this site explores the Latin genres salsa and merengue through music and dance. Histories of both genres are included as well as a glossary of terms.

Salsaartists.com
http://www.salsaartists.com/

Available in both English and Spanish. "The most current in salsa news and information, ...interactive chats and message boards, links to fan clubs, direct music and video downloads."

Todo Tango
http://www.todotango.com/english/home.asp

A site dedicated to the tango and available in both English and Spanish. A source for daily music news in Argentina, artist interviews, biographies, sheet music, lyrics, and audio files of music and radio broadcasts.