Sals@lemania

Further Reading and Background Texts

Links to some background material and other texts and resources of Son, Salsa and Latin music.

• Interesting texts about the Origins of Salsa/Merengue
   
• A German article including nice fotos about a new film which tells the story of Buena Vista near Havana and its Social club which gave the name for a successfull record:
  Buena Vista Social Club.
   
• A German article from the newspaper "Die Zeit" about Cuba, the people and the music, including a short interview with Rubén Gonzalez:
  Kuba 97: Über die Allgegenwart der Musik, das Leben mit der Synkope und den entfesselten Redner Fidel Castro.
   
• Another interesting Link: a German article about Cuba's music and a review of some current CDs:
  Musik ist der heißeste Export-Schlager, den Kuba zur Zeit zu bieten hat.
   
• The World Dances To a Cuban Beat
  An article about the role of the music in Cuba and its export to the world.
  Giraldo Piloto, leader of the band "Klimax" says: "Cubans live on music the way others live on bread and water. That's enough right there to keep us producing something unique."
   
• Interview of 'LA'Ritmo.com with Stefan Renz of the Germany based Salsa band Salsa y Azucar including some thoughts about the German Salsa scene.
   
• Hispanic Online at AOL

Comic

New scientific discoveries prove that "Son" and "Salsa" are a true universal musical language which now crossed the border to the animals. The animals of the jungle now share this music with us forming their first Charanga Orchestra!
(Taken from the book "Kleiner Dodo, was spielst Du?")