It was influenced by the Caribbean (for example, Zouk, and Merengue styles) and French/Spanish dance styles of the Caribbean, especially Cumbia from Colombia.
People from the Coast of Ecuador, or Costeños, listen to music of Afro-Ecuadorian or Afro-Caribbean descent such as Salsa, Merengue, and Mapalé.
Visitors can hear salsa, reggaeton, bomba, plena, and merengue music pulsating through the streets and smell the mouth-watering carne guisada puertorriqueña.
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The track has been widely covered by several performers including a merengue version by Puerto-Rican American Melina León in 2001, and a banda version American singer Jenni Rivera on her album Joyas Prestadas, which became a top twenty hit in the Latin charts in the United States and received a nomination for a Lo Nuestro Award for Pop Song of the Year.
Llopis’ framework is presented based on his experiences as a corporate executive, as well as the well-grounded lessons of the immigrant perspective that were inspired from his father, Frank Llopis – a victim of Castro’s revolution in Cuba who was a prominent Latin music pioneer that introduced rock 'n' roll into the rhythms and sounds of Salsa music and Merengue music with his quartet, :es:Los Llopis, in the 1950s and 60’s.
Congas and Bongos are essential to all kinds of Latin American music, especially that of the Caribbean and South American regions, used in both folklore (Punta, Santeria, Rumba, etc.) and popular music such as Merengue, Salsa, Son, Boleros, Bachata, Cumbia, latin jazz, and others.
Sergio Vargas of the Dominican Republic also recorded a tropical merengue version of the song which was included on his self-titled fourth album.
Salsa romántica arose at a time when classic, big-band salsa, of the kind popularized by Fania Records in the late 1970s and early 80s, was taking a severe beating on the Latin record charts, owing to the merengue boom and the rise of Latin pop.
Players can learn and perfect nine different dance styles: Reggaeton, Merengue, Salsa, Cumbia, Hip hop, Mambo, Rumba, Flamenco and Calypso as well as new routines including the Axe, Indian, Latin Pop, Bellydance and Pasodoble.