Sounding Salsa: Performing Latin Music in New York City (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781592133161)

This ethnographic journey into the New York salsa scene of the 1990s offers detailed accounts of musicians grappling with intercultural tensions and commercial pressures. The author, himself an accomplished salsa musican, examines the organisational structures, recording processes, rehearsing and gigging of salsa bands.

Author: Christopher Washburne
ISBN-10: 1592133169
ISBN-13: 9781592133161
Publisher: Temple University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/01/2008
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.82lbs
Size: 8.86h x 5.97w x 0.65d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 07/25/2008 pg. 17
Choice 01/01/2009