Music
Our favourites
Obviously your choice of salsa music is very personal to you - you'll soon get to know the styles you like or don't like! The following are some of our favourites - where shown, you can click on the links to take you to Amazon (or the band's website) for more details:
Clear rhythms!
As we all know, sometimes it can be hard to hear the beat in a song - some of you have asked us about songs where it is easier to pick out the rhythm. We’ve been through our collection and think that these are some of the best songs to listen and practise to - give them a go and let us know what you think:
 
Artist Album Title
Los Van Van Llego...Van Van Havana City
Los Van Van Llego...Van Van Mi Chocolate
La Sonora Carruseles Heavy Salsa Micaela
La Sonora Carruseles Heavy Salsa El Pito
D.L.G. Lo Esencial La Soledad
D.L.G. Lo Esencial Todo Mi Corazon
Africando Baloba Demal
La Misma Gente Oxfam Salsa El Perfume de Paris
Celia Cruz Simply Salsa Melao de Cana
 
We’ve linked to the albums on Amazon so hopefully that’ll make it easy for you to find them – just click on the album name. Some of the songs listed are a bit cheesy but we hope this won’t matter too much if you feel like you’re hearing the rhythm ok! You’ll probably recognise some of the songs from the classes, and hopefully that will help. Do let us know how you get on with them – we will revise the list if necessary!!

If you’re interested in getting hold of the counting tracks that we sometimes use (where the voice-over calls out the steps, e.g. 1-2-3 5-6-7), come and chat to us one evening.  
 
Other people's thoughts
The list below contains music that has been recommended to us - some will let you have a listen on Amazon, so try them and see what you think!
 

Last Updated: Sunday 09 November 2008