This collection focuses on the guitar-based music of bachata, largely because we found so many appealing bachata songs when doing research on this project, although we also include a few merengues and examples of Dominican son.
Bachata has also been largely ignored outside of the Dominican community. Mainstream guides to world or Latin music rarely mention bachata, or if they do, incorrectly call it a variation of merengue. We hope that once you hear the music on this collection a new world will be opened to you. We encourage you to use this album as a starting point for further exploration of the Dominican Republic's rich musical expression.
This collection focuses on the guitar-based music of bachata, largely because we found so many appealing bachata songs when doing research on this project, although we also include a few merengues and examples of Dominican son.
Bachata has also been largely ignored outside of the Dominican community. Mainstream guides to world or Latin music rarely mention bachata, or if they do, incorrectly call it a variation of merengue. We hope that once you hear the music on this collection a new world will be opened to you. We encourage you to use this album as a starting point for further exploration of the Dominican Republic's rich musical expression.
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