Salsa

Salsa Music Salsa Music a popular genre of Latin American music. Since its emergence in the mid-1960s, salsa has achieved worldwide popularity, attracting performers and audiences not only in Latin American communities but also in such non-Latin countries as Japan and Sweden. In terms of style and structure, salsa is a reinterpretation and modernization of Cuban dance-music styles. It emerged around 1900 as an urban, popular dance-music style in Cuba. It derived some features from …

…sociopolitical idealism diminished. In addition, the genre faced new competition, especially in New York City and Puerto Rico, from the merengue, a dance-music style from the Dominican Republic. Nevertheless, salsa has remained popular among younger generations of Latinos, who tend to favor a smoother, more sentimental style known as salsa romántica, popularized by such bandleaders as Eddie Santiago and Tito Nieves. Notable salsa singers of the 1990s included Linda "India" Caballero and Mark Anthony.