LibGuides: Music: Latin American Music

Online Journal

The most important journal for the music of Latin America is Latin American Music Review, aka Revista de Música Latinoamericana which publishes articles in English, Spanish or Portuguese.

The Mason Library has an extensive collection of compact discs, located on the 1st floor near the DVDs. Checkout period is for 7 days.

Music of Brazil Includes Bossa nova, Samba, Tropicalia, and other forms of folk and popular music.
Music of Cuba & the Caribbean Includes Afro-Cuba, calypso, mambo, merengue, bachata, reggae and much more. CDs in Keene-Link the Library's catalog. CDs may be checked out for 7 days at a time, and may be renewed.
Music of Mexico
Music of Peru CDs in Keene-Link the Library's catalog. CDs may be checked out for 7 days at a time, and may be renewed.
Music of South America CDs of music from other countries of South America.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia providing historical and contemporary perspectives of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Aticles on topics such as identity, art, music, politics, religion, education, health, and history.

Afro-Peruvian Music: The Sound of Black Peru At the "Where and What in the World" website.
Bossa Nova At the Great Braziliam Music website.
Latin American Music Center At the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University.
Mariachi Plaza 10 pages, at the "Ethnic" Los Angeles website.
SalsaRoots.com "The heart and soul of Salsa history".