MUNM 258: Music of Latin America

Books @ IC Tango Recordings @ IC Music of Argentina Tango DVDs @ IC Argentina folk music Tango

Astor Piazzolla at the Montreal Jazz Fest (1984)

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

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

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

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

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

• Books
• CDs
• DVDs

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

• African-Caribbean
• Afro-Cuban
• Argentinian
• Brazilian
• Caribbean Drumming
• Flamenco
• Mambo
• Mariachi
• Portugal: Fado

 Or, search SGS for music from a geographic location