Salsa is Puerto Rico’s most danceable musical export. The musical progeny of Cuban son from which it borrows its signature 3-2 and 2-3 clave patterns, the genre may have started in Cuba and Puerto Rico but really took root in the ’60s and ’70s in New York City where Puerto Rican immigrants fused son, mambo and little guaracha to make an extraordinary new musical form. Over the next week we’re going to visit with just a few of our favorite salsa musicians. There are so many! And so many wonderful instruments to play and the “sauciest” of rhythms that inspire us to dance. ¡Vamanos!
