Caribbean Music

• Latin- Caribbean - http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/feature/latin-caribe.html

• Art, Music, and Culture of the Caribbean - http://www.turq.com/artmusic.php

• Island Music from the Caribbean - http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=1824

• Carib Planet - http://www.caribplanet.homestead.com/

From Steel the Band Homepage - San Diego - http://www.steeltheband.com/

Steel Bands - Great Topic for Ethnography!

• Pan on the Net (audio and video) - http://www.panonthenet.com/

• "When Steel Talks" Video Clips - http://www.panonthenet.com/PanHouse/stage1.htm

• JahPan (audio files) - http://www.jahpan.com/steeldrumband.php

• Pan Ring (US Pan Groups) - http://p.webring.com/hub?ring=jouvert

• Chris Arpad - LA (audio) - http://www.chrisarpad.com/

• A Short History of the Steeldrum - http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/English/MAY01E/may01e2.html

• Hotpans - http://hotpans.se/pan/ (Try steelpan on the net - http://hotpans.se/pan/pan_play.html)

• About the Steel Drum - http://www.toucans.net/Gallery/aboutPan.html

• Andy Narell - Available interview and audio files make this performer a good topic for an ethnographic study.

• Andy Narell - NPR Interview with audio - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=3809485

• Andy Narell on Pan on the Net - http://www.panonthenet.com/articles/cparticles/sakesho.htm

• Andy Narell - Eye for Talent - http://www.eyefortalent.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/artist.detail/artist_id/77

Jamaica

• Music of Jamaica - http://www.jamaicans.com/music/index.shtml

• Listen to the History of Jamaican Music (audio files and interviews) - http://www.jamaicans.com/music/history/index.shtml

• Reggae and the Music of Jamaica - http://www.rootsworld.com/reggae/

• Jamaican Music and Instruments - http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/cultures/jamaica.html

• Mento Music - http://www.mentomusic.com/

• Dread Library article on the influence of American Blues on Early Jamaican style - http://debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/fredericks.html

Reggae

• IReggae - http://www.ireggae.com/ (includes interviews of artists)

• Bob Marley - http://www.bobmarley.com/

• Bob Marley - http://home.c2i.net/cyberia/reggae/bob/bob_marley.html

• Bob Marley Foundation - http://www.bobmarley-foundation.com/main.html

• The Dread Library - http://debate.uvm.edu/dreadlibrary/dreadlibrary.html

• Jammin' Reggae Archives (Virtual Radio) - http://niceup.com/

• Bob Marley Biography - http://niceup.com/bmbio.html

Calypso

Cuba

• Timba.com (audio and interviews) - http://www.timba.com/

• Reviews - http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/cubareviews.html

• Audio examples of Cuban Music from Mamborama - http://www.mamborama.com/cuba_music.html

• Maraca - Cuba - http://www.maraca.cult.cu/

• Music of Cuba - http://www.sbgmusic.com/html/teacher/reference/cultures/cuba.html

• AfroCubaWeb - http://www.afrocubaweb.com/music.html

• Timba - http://www.sastom.demon.nl/

• Music of Cuba (Answers.com) - http://www.answers.com/topic/music-of-cuba

• All About Jazz - Cuba and It's Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo - http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=14373

• Music of Cuba - http://www.caroun.com/Music/Cuba/CubaMusic.html

• Cuban Rumba Music - http://www.ibiblio.org/cuba/cuba2001/music.html

• Rumba y Folklorico - http://www.ibiblio.org/cuba/rumba_folklorico.html

• Plaza Cuba: Music and Dance - http://www.plazacuba.com/

• Cuba and Its Music - http://www2.cedarcrest.edu/academic/soc/ccameron/soc215/cuba/cuba.htm

Dance Styles

• People Like Me: Dance Style Locator - http://www.worldartswest.org/main/locator.asp

• World Arts West (SF) - http://www.worldartswest.org/index.html

• Latin American Music and Dance - http://users.wpi.edu/~arivera/music.html

• The History of Dance - http://www.centralhome.com/ballroomcountry/history.htm

• Salsa and other Latin Dances - http://www.eijkhout.net/rad/dance_specific/salsa7.html

• Boogalu Productions (audio and pictures) - http://www.boogalu.com/index.html

Salsa, Mambo, Rumba, Cha Cha Cha

• Examples of Cuban Dance Music (audio files for rumba, mambo, cha cha cha, - http://www.mamborama.com/cuba_music.html

• Salsa Roots - History - http://www.salsaroots.com/

• Dance Styles (Some video) - http://www.salsaroots.com/dance_styles.htm

• Santa Cruz - http://www.cruzy.org/

• SF - http://www.dancesf.com/

• Salsaholic (Germany) - http://www.salsaholic.de/index-e.htm

• LA - Alex DaSilva - http://www.alexdasilva.com/

• Mambo Mania - http://www.laventure.net/tourist/mambo.htm

Puerto Rico

• Music of Puerto Rico - http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.htm (This site could provide excellent resources for an ethnographic study!)

• Puerto Rico - http://welcome.topuertorico.org/culture/music.shtml

• Music of Puerto Rico from Answers.com - http://www.answers.com/topic/music-of-puerto-rico

• Puerto Rican Folklorico - http://www.prfdance.org/