Puerto Rico - Countryside Tours

                        Puerto Rico is Salsa <click>

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In Puerto Rico, the world salsa means ‘sauce’ – and its fiery musical counterpart is the island’s proudest and most popular cultural signature across the globe. Curiously, the first seeds of the genre were sown by Puerto Rican immigrants (most notably, Tito Puente, Willie Colón, and their coterie) while living off the island in New York City during the late 1960s but the form soon return home, flowering to full fruition in its native land Puerto Rico under the masterful guidance of the now legendary masters of the genre: La Sonora Ponceña and El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. The musical roots of Puerto Rican salsa stretch far and wide, incorporating traditional rhythms from the Caribbean countryside, such as the son, Puerto Rican Bomba and Plena, African-based religious ritual music- as well as elements of American jazz, big band, and rhythm – and – blues.

Famous Puerto Ricans in the early years of salsa included such artists as Rafael Cortijo, Ismael Rivera, Héctor Lavoe, Willie Colón, El Gran Combo, La Sonora Ponceña, Richie Ray, Bobby Cruz, Bobby Valentín, Luis “Perico” Ortiz and composer Tite Curet Alonso.

Salsa…

 Live it, Feel it and learn it! Below is a table with the best spots to dance salsa in Puerto Rico. ...

Boricua En La Luna

Daniel Santos - Lamento Borincano

Richie Ray Y Bobby Cruz-Soy Boricua-Mi Bandera

Chayanne with Vanessa Williams

Eddie Palmieri "Puerto Rico"

Oubao Moin" Juan Antonio Corretjer

Un jibaro terminao - Haciendo Punto por Tony

Puerto Rico isla del encanto,Mi patria

Dios Alumbra Puerto Rico

Mi Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Salsa

Puerto Rico (Verde Luz)

Que le Pongan Salsa

Happy Birthday Salsa Song

MIRTHA SILVA DE PUERTO RICO ~

Tribute to Hector Lavoe