Latin rock

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Not to be confused with Rock en español.
Latin rock
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1950s, Southern California, United States
Derivative formsLatin alternative
Other topics
Latin metal

Latin rock is a term to describe a subgenre blending traditional sounds and elements of Latin American and Hispanic Caribbean folk with rock music.[1][2][3][4][5] However, it is widely used in the English-language media to refer any kind of rock music featuring Spanish or Portuguese vocals. This has led to controversy about the scope of the terminology.

Latin rock should not be confused with "rock music from Latin America"

hip hop among others)[13][14][15][16][17] a term often used to refer the same phenomenon.[18]

History

Origins (1950s–1960s)

cha-cha-chá or mambo.[19]

Latin rock was born in the

Tequila", a song that incorporates clear Latin sounds and was composed by the band's chicano saxophonist Danny Flores
).

During the 1960s, there were more examples of rock artists like

Question Mark & the Mysterians,[23] Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs[24] or Sir Douglas Quintet[25] that included Latin rhythms on their compositions. Also Chicano rock became popular in California; although not all of these can be considered early Latin rock artists since many of them lacked the Latin folk influences.[26]

In some Latin American countries, Latin rock started to develop as well. In Peru, Colombia, Argentina, but specially Brazil[27] where Tropicália appeared in the mid-1960s[28] with the first releases of Os Mutantes, Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso from 1967 to 1970,[29] a music movement that merged rock music with bossa nova, psychedelia and other Latin elements,[30] and this can be regarded as the main root of the genre.[31]

"Latin rock" term born (1970s)

American band Santana in 1971

In 1969, after the release of the debut album by Santana, the term "Latin rock" appeared in the US and other parts of the world.[32] It was an attempt to describe the band's music style as a fusion of Latin American and Caribbean rhythms, soul, jazz, funk, blues, psychedelia and rhythm and blues based on rock music.[33][34]

Following

War, Sapo and Azteca in the early 1970s popularizing the genre in the USA and the rest of the world.[35]

The Latin American counterpart of Latin rock bands could be seen in Peru with bands like Telegraph Avenue, Traffic Sound, the Mad's, El Polen and specially Black Sugar melting rock with jazz music, Peruvian folk, progressive rock and Latin elements; in Colombia highlighted Siglo Cero, Génesis and La Columna de Fuego; in Argentina Arco Iris; and in Chile, Los Jaivas; in Brazil, artist such as Jorge Ben developed samba rock.

In

the Philippines band, Maria Cafra fused elements of blues, rock, Latin and kundiman
to mold their distinct sound.

The genre arrived in Europe with the Spaniards Barrabás,[36] Dutch Massada and African-British Osibisa.[37]

Meanwhile, reggae music achieved a great success around the world. This rhythm originated in Jamaica during the 1960s, evolving from ska, rocksteady and bluebeat.[38] Since its origins along with rock music and rhythm and blues with Jamaican folk rhythms, the Caribbean and Continental Latin America elements influenced the scene.[39] Nevertheless, Reggae or Ska are not considered as part of the Latin Rock.[40] On the other hand, disco also influenced Latin rock during the 1970s.[41]

Latin rock evolution (1980–present)

Kid Creole and the Coconuts, Modern Romance, Special AKA and Blue Rondo a la Turk did as well.[43]

Los Coyotes, Los Mestizos and Radio Futura, that had emerged as new wave and post-punk acts, finally got influenced by Latin music at mid 1980s.[44] Spain would go on to produce some Latin acts like Macaco, Amparanoia and Jarabe de Palo
.

In France, bands like

rap, flamenco, ska and reggae.[45]

In the US during this period musicians like Los Lobos, El Vez, Sheila E., David Hidalgo, David Byrne (ex-leader of Talking Heads), and Cesar Rosas fused Latin music and rock music.[46] David Byrne was interested in Brazilian music.

The genre consolidated during the 1990s in Latin America.

Paralamas do Sucesso (Brazil), Bersuit Vergarabat (Argentina), Karamelo Santo (Argentina), Maldita Vecindad (Mexico), Carmina Burana (Argentina), Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (Argentina), Soda Stereo (Argentina), Los Prisioneros (Chile), Los Tres (Chile), Octavia (Bolivia), Karnak (Brazil), Chancho en Piedra (Chile), Julieta Venegas (Mexico), Arena Hash (Peru) and Los Rabanes (Panama), that incorporated Latin folk rhythms on their compositions (especially Caifanes and Los Fabulosos Cadillacs). Ecuadorian rock
incorporated recently indigenous musical influences.

Controversy about the term

Latin Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences as a sub-department of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Also, in 2000 the Latin Grammy Awards were created. Thus, a great part of the English media started to refer to any kind of music featuring vocals in Spanish as "Latin music".[50]

This term achieved a great success in some Latin American countries, where some of their regional press started to use the new terminology.[51] This phenomenon spread the use of the "Latin rock" term with a quite different meaning from the original one.[52] This led to controversy and confusion among many in the population.

See also

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