Centerstream Publications
Reference Guide

This history guide will take you to the music of Cuba, Bahamas, Antigua, Barbuda, Puerto Rico, The Lesser Antilles, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Costa Rica, plus a very special music style from Beliza, Honduras, Guatemala and from the coast of Nicaragua named: “Garifuña,” ending with the United States of America.

On the accompanying 3 CDs, author José Rosa narrates much of the text, and you'll hear many samples of this exciting music.
You'll discover many similarities between all the genres in the New World, not only the Cuban music genres but also the music styles from the rest of the new world and its European influences.