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Newish digital album out, "Con mucho sabor cubano" by "Havana Club", which is actually a compilation of various old Cuban recordings.


https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nCMVMJS5zHn8lvvomlKbYez-KHakLp...

when a song is a guaguanco, what does this mean? what defines whether a song is a guaguanco, ie what would be the technical difference from a mambo etc?

for example when looking at album details on descarga.com, songs are listed as guaguanco's - i was wondering why they are guaguanco's

thanks

A friend is going to live in NYC for a couple of months. He's interested in learning salsa partnerwork technique and especially in interpreting and expressing the music.

I of course already mentioned empire mambo and yamulee. Are there other schools (that arent as well known outside of New York) that also give quality technical instructions for dancing salsa? He pre...

So….On2.
Please be very basic with me.
I am confused as to whether it danced slow, quick, quick or quick, quick, slow.
So many different people saying different things….

I'd love to know some more songs along the lines of

A la memoria del muerto - Piper Pimienta / Fruko y sus Tesos

with the prominent bass and general son sound to it (while still hitting hard). The closest I know is some of Henry Fiol's recordings, but while I love them they tend to be a bit more laid back and closer to old Cuban son.