Salsa

Salsa also known as "sauce" in the United States doesn’t exactly mean that. It means a mixture of influences of Latin music. It brings something extra to the songs and movement from variety of beats and rhythms. Salsa’s birthplace is unknown because many try to take credit for it but in reality it comes from everywhere. If you had to pick a place many would say Cuba since its similar to Son but it’s still very different. You can safely say that it began in New York. When people migrated to the United States from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic and so on, many had their own language and understanding of their music: son, rumba, danzon, plena, and cha-cha-cha. They needed something to put all those varieties in to one. That’s when the term “Salsa” meaning Latin American rhythms became the new word and dance.

In the 1970’s New York was getting a taste of Salsa. An upcoming record label Fania created by Jerry Masucci, was introducing variety of musicians to the people, like Celia Cruz, Willy Colon, Tito Puente, and Hector Lavoe. The label took its name from an old Cuban song by the singer Reinaldo Bolano. The label started out as a small venture, but gained popularity after the success of its first official record, Pacheco's "Cañonazo", leading to the expansion of its talent base. It promoted Salsa all over and made it well known in the United States as to all over the world. Every culture salsa comes in contact with has influenced the music in some way, and will continue to contribute to the evolution of the genre.

                
                                                              QUE VIVA SALSA!