Salsa is the musical pulse that flows through Latin America, the Spanish speaking Caribbean, and the Latin Diaspora in the USA and across the world. Short, sharp, sweet and straight to the point, salsa has come to define Latin life – the music, the dancing, the culture. The Rough Guide To Salsa Dance (Second Edition) presents some of the freshest and newest salsa bands and songs from Colombia to New York, Cuba to Puerto Rico – the ideal soundtrack for the summer and guaranteed to move anyone, from the accomplished dancer to the double left-footed. ‘…the programmers have sidestepped Bogotá-bred slickness in favor of rhythms so tight and horns so punchy that the dance floor is not their only domain.’ Time Out NY, USA