Summary: In 1996, music legend Ry Cooder went to Cuba to search for buried treasure. He found gold. Looking for lost songs and forgotten singers, Cooder discovered an exotic land of passion, sensuality and music.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Artisan Entertainment 1999
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Summary: Afro-Cuban music derives its richness from the fusion of various cultures. On the island of tobacco, rum and coffee, sacred and secular African musical genres have merged with Spanish and French melodies to give rise to numerous genres that have gained international fame: son, rhumba, guaracheam congal mambo, cha-cha-cha, pachanga, and nuova timba. The history of Cuban music unfolds in the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Continuum 2002