Latin rock
Latin rock is a term to describe a music subgenre. It has traditional sounds and elements of Latin American and Caribbean folk music merged with with rock music.[1][2][3][4][5] However, it is widely used in the English-language media to refer any kind of rock music featuring Spanish or Portuguese vocals.
| Latin rock | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Late 1950s, United States |
The archaetypal latin rock band was led by Carlos Santana. His band Santana was far and away the most popular latin rock fusion of the late 1960s to the early 2000s. Santana has sold more than 90 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling groups of all time.[6]
In 1969, after the release of the debut album by Santana, Latin rock appeared in the US and other parts of the world.[7] The band's musical style is a fusion of Latin American and Caribbean rhythms, soul, jazz, funk, blues, psychedelia and rhythm and blues based on rock music.[8][9]
Equally important to their success was the use of English lyrics. In the United States of fifty years ago, to sing in Spanish was to limit the audience to Puerto Rican, Mexican and Cuban immigrants. To sing in English was to open up the chance of really wide popularity.
References
change- ↑ "Latin Rock". Allmusic.com.
- ↑ "Latin rock definition". Imusicdictionary. Archived from the original on 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
- ↑ Heatley, Michael 2007. Rock & Pop. La historia completa: un recorrido exhaustivo a través de cinco décadas de rock y pop (in Spanish). Robinbook. ISBN 978-84-96222-85-4.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Finn, Larry 2002. Beyond the Backbeat: from rock and funk to jazz and latin. Berklee Press Publication.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Leng, Simon 2002 (2002). Santana. Cátedra (colección Pop-Rock). ISBN 978-84-376-1947-7.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ "An intimate evening with Santana: greatest hits live". Las Vegas Sun. 13 September 2012.
- ↑ Woog, Adam (2006). Carlos Santana: legendary guitarist (the twentieth century's most influential Hispanics). Lucent Books. ISBN 978-1-59018-972-6.
- ↑ Pasceri, Carlo (2015). Santana: love, devotion & surrender (Storie di Musica Vol.1). Libro digital-Kindle.
- ↑ Leng, Simon (2002). Santana (in Spanish). Cátedra (colección Pop-Rock). ISBN 978-84-376-1947-7.