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Music of Latin America. The music of Latin America refers to music originating from Latin America, namely the Spanish and Portuguese -speaking regions of the Americas south of the United States. [1] Latin American music also incorporate the indigenous music of Latin America. [2] Due to its highly syncretic nature, Latin American music ...
Manila sound. Manila sound is a musical genre that began in the mid-1970s in the city of Manila. The genre flourished and peaked in the mid to late-1970s. It is often considered the "bright side" of the Philippine martial law era and has influenced most of the modern genres in the country, being the forerunner to OPM.
Latin American music has long influenced American popular music, jazz, rhythm and blues, and even country music. This includes music from Spanish, Portuguese, and (sometimes) French-speaking countries and territories of Latin America. [152] Today, the American record industry defines Latin music as any type of release with lyrics mostly in Spanish.
The music industry in the United States began to refer to any kind of music featuring Spanish vocals as "Latin music". [22][23][24] Under this definition, Spanish sung in any genre is categorized as "Latin". [25] In turn, this has led to artists from Spain being labelled as "Latin" because they sing in the same language.
Latin Christian music. Latin jazz. Latin music. List of Latin music subgenres. Latin rock. Latin Soul Syndicate. Latino punk.
Aug. 7—Years ago, ToryHarrelson was producing music in California. As a Latino, he wanted to make space for Latino artists and delved into a genre of music called Chicano rap. Harrelson went on ...
The culture of Latin America is the formal or informal expression of the people of Latin America and includes both high culture (literature and high art) and popular culture (music, folk art, and dance), as well as religion and other customary practices. These are generally of Western origin, but have various degrees of Native American, African ...
Music of Honduras is very varied. Punta is the main "ritmo" of Honduras with other music such as Paranda, Bachata, Caribbean salsa, cumbia, reggae, merengue, soca, calypso, dancehall, Reggaeton and most recently Afrobeats widely heard especially in the North the Department of Atlántida, to Mexican rancheras heard in the interior rural part of the country.