Salsa music

Salsa music is a diverse and predominantly Caribbean and Latin genre that is popular across Latin America and among Latinos abroad; the style is the primary music played at Latin danceclubs and is the "essential pulse of Latin music", according to author Ed Morales {{ref|essentialpulse}}. Salsa incoporates multiple styles and variations; the term can be used to describe most any form of popular Cuban-derived genres (like chachachá and mambo). Most specifically, however, salsa refers to a particular style developed by the mid-1970s groups of New York City-area Cuban and Puerto Rican immigrants to the United States, and stylistic descendants like 1980s salsa romantica. Some people have claimed that salsa's style is primarily Cuban, though it is a hybrid of various Latin styles mixed with pop, jazz, rock and R&B {{ref|sompeople}}.

See also

• Music of Puerto Rico
• Music of Cuba
• Music of the United States