Visitors to this Blog from the Caribbean have tended to be a bit thin on the ground so it was good to welcome some interest from the Dominican Republic.
This will be a doddle to source some music I thought given that the Caribbean is the home of Reggae, Soca and Calypso and even Voodoo music from their Hispaniola neighbour Haiti.
No the majority of the music that I initially sourced seemed to consist of young semi-clad Latino ladies singing awful R&B ballads, Not to be deterred I dug further.
First up is Yasser Tejada whose Bandcamp page describes as an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer. According to Billboard, Yasser is giving traditional folkloric music a new spin with jazz, rock, and Caribbean rhythms in "a frenzied celebration of ancestral union"
Next up is Alberto Beltrán who was a Dominican singer, known as "El Negrito del Batey", after his first signature tune. He mainly sang in the genres of bolero, son montuno, mambo, merengue, and guaracha. The track below features La Sonara Matancera
Finally we go all the way back to 1963 with Luis Quintero with Que Paqueton. Not to be confused with the Columbian footballer who plays in Spain with Villareal.
The next Blog Country may be a bit more controversial.
Yasser Tejada - Tu Ete' Bonita
Alberto Beltran -Todo Me GustoDe Ti (ft La Sonara Matancera)
Not the old "I was only looking at videos of young semi-clad Latino ladies in the interests of research" line. You should be ashamed of yourself CC.
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