Music From Hispanic Carribean

Music from the hispanic carribean has become a major part of the culture accross major cities in the United States, which there has been many influences on music in the Hispanic Carribean. There’s a variety of genres with music in the Hispanic Carribean such as merengue, salsa, Spanish-language hip hop, Latin jazz, reggaeton, and many others. There’s many culture differences between the Hispanic Carribean nations, but according to the reading, “a certain pan-Latino sense of identity, of shared values and heritage, is evident”. Latinos in America have been influencing musical styles in this country for decades, and the reading also mentions that Spanish culture in America have influenced musical styles in the United States since the last two centuries, as well as assimilating influences.
In these popular areas across America, we see popular music from the carribean develop there such as merengue, salsa, and reggae, which is also listened to around the world. According to the reading, some of the expression seen in Caarribean music, preserve elements of music and dance, which brought to the region hundreds of years ago from Africa, Spain, and many other nations. Regions like Africa played a huge part with it’s influence on music in the Hispanic Carribean, including it’s popular classical culture and music traditions. The reading also explains that both regions use music to tell their strories. For examp;e telling stories that involves the issue of dominace of the european nation, cultural contact, and