Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Acknowledgments List of Contributors List of Maps Abbreviations Part I: Caribbean 1. Caribbean The Caribbean Islands Peter Manuel Anguilla Nanette de Jong Antigua and Barbuda Nanette de Jong Aruba Victoria M. Razak Bahamas Timothy Rommen Barbados Curwen Best Cuba Olavo Alen Rodriguez and Jan Fairley Cities: Guantanamo - Olavo Alen Rodriguez La Habana (Havana) - Jan Fairley with Olavo Alen Rodriguez Dominica Kenneth Bilby Dominican Republic Paul Austerlitz Grenada Polly Bugros-McLean Guadeloupe Dominique O. Cyrille Haiti Gage Averill Jamaica Kevin O'Brien Chang with Robert Witmer and Len McCarthy Martinique Dominique O. Cyrille Montserrat Nanette de Jong Netherlands Antilles Victoria M. Razak Puerto Rico Marisol Berrios-Miranda Cities: San Juan - Marisol Berrios-Miranda St Lucia Yves Renard St Vincent and the Grenadines Nanette de Jong Trinidad and Tobago Shannon Dudley Virgin Islands (US) Daniel Sheehy Part II: Latin America 2. Mexico Mexico Mark Pedelty Cities: Acapulco and Guerrero Mark Pedelty Culiacan Ramiro Burr with Doug Shannon Durango Mark Pedelty Guadalajara Mark Pedelty Mazatlan Ramiro Burr with Doug Shannon Mexico City Eric Zolov Monterrey Jose Juan Olvera Gudin-o (Trans. Helena Simonett) Tijuana Ron Dunn Veracruz Daniel Sheehy 3. Central America Central America (gen.) T.M. Scruggs Belize Oliver Greene Costa Rica Laura Cervantes-Gamboa El Salvador Christopher T.R. Bradler Guatemala Igor de Gandarias (Trans. Leuten Rojas) Honduras Carlos Agurcia Nicaragua T.M. Scruggs Panama T.M. Scruggs 4. South America Argentina Leonardo J. Waisman and Marisa Restiff Cities: Buenos Aires Pablo Kohan with Ricardo Salton Cordoba Leonardo J. Waisman Rosario Omar Corrado Salta Omar Corrado Santa Fe Omar Corrado Bolivia Sari Pekkola and Oscar Garcia with the Editors Brazil Rafael Jose de Menezes Bastos with Allan de Paula Oliveira (Discographies) Regions: Central-West Maria Ignez Cruz Mello and Deise Lucy Oliveira Montardo North Sergio I. Gil Braga Northeast Elba Braga Ramalho Southeast Samuel Araujo Cities: Belem Sergio I. Gil Braga Belo Horizonte Silvia de O. Beraldo Brasilia Luis Roberto M. Pinheiro Curitiba Allan de Paula Oliveira Fortaleza Wander Nunes Frota Manaus Sergio I. Gil Braga Porto Alegre Maria Elizabeth Lucas Recife Tania Cristina Lima and Carlos Sandroni (Trans. Sinclair Robinson) Rio de Janeiro Samuel Araujo Salvador Michael Shade Sao Luis Mundicarmo M.R. Ferretti Sao Paulo Acacio T. de C. Piedade Chile Cities: Santiago de Chile Juan Pablo Gonzalez with Jan Fairley Valparaiso Juan Pablo Gonzalez with Jan Fairley Colombia Cities: Barranquilla Peter Wade Bogota Adolfo Gonzalez Henriquez Cali Adolfo Gonzalez Henriquez Cartagena Adolfo Gonzalez Henriquez Medellin Adolfo Gonzalez Henriquez Ecuador Cities: Guayaquil Ketty Wong Quito Ketty Wong French Guiana Kenneth Bilby Guyana Ray H. Seales Paraguay Daniel Luzko Peru Cities: Arequipa Raul R. Romero Ayacucho Jonathan Ritter Trujillo Jonathan Ritter Suriname Rein Spoorman Uruguay Cities: Montevideo Coriun Aharonian Venezuela Carlos E. Giminez Index

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About the Author

David Horn was a founding editor of the journal Popular Music and a founding member of IASPM (The International Association for the Study of Popular Music). Together with the blues scholar Paul Oliver he first proposed the idea of EPMOW in the 1980s, and has worked on the project since that time. John Shepherd is Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (Academic) and Chancellor’s Professor of Music and Sociology at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. In 2000, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his role “as a leading architect of a post-War critical musicology.” Dave Laing is the author of several books on popular music and a former editor of Music Week. He is a former Research Fellow at the University of Westminster, UK where he conducted research on the music industry.