MUNM 258 Music of Latin America

culture-specific resources

Argentina

Books @ IC

Tango

Recordings @ IC

Music of Argentina

Tango

DVDs @ IC

Argentina folk music

Tango

Astor Piazzolla at the Montreal Jazz Fest (1984)

Brazil

Books @ IC

Music of Brazil

Samba

Recordings @ IC

Brazilian folk music

Brazilian popular music

Bossa nova & tango

DVDs @ IC

Brazilian dance

Choro group at the Long Beach Brazilian Festival

Find more videos on the musics of Africa
& the Caribbean from Smithsonian Folkways

Mexican & Spanish Musics

Books @ IC

Music of Spain

Music of Mexico

Recordings @ IC

Mexican popular music

Mariachi

Flamenco

DVDs @ IC

Flamenco

Music of Mexico

What Makes a Good Mariachi?

Find more videos on the musics of Mexican,
Central, & South America from Smithsonian Folkways

Cuban & Afro-Cuban Musics

Books @ IC

Music of Cuba

Afro-Cuban & Afro-Latin

Recordings @ IC

Cuban folk music

Cuban popular music

Cuban jazz music

Afro-Cuban music

Videos @ IC

DVDs

VHS

Drums Used in the Plena

Find more videos on the musics of Africa
& the Caribbean from Smithsonian Folkways

Latin Music USA

Fantastic PBS series that "celebrates the Latin rhythms at the heart of jazz, rock, country, and rhythm and blues"

Check out the DVD at the IC Library
PBS companion site (includes clips and behind the scenes videos

Latin American Resources

Need a broad overview of Latin American Music? Try these more general resources at the IC Library:

Listen Online!

We've made some specialized playlists for you in the Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS) database:
(requires IC Netpass login)

Or, search SGS for music from a geographic location

Subject Specialist

Kristina Shanton
Music Librarian
Tel: (607) 274-3887