Dominican salsa

The Dominican Republic is widely known around the world as the Caribbean island where Merengue and Bachata music takes its current shape. Merengue and Bachata have been fueled by the cultural roots of the Dominican Republic and have in many ways shaped the Dominican economy.

Johnny Pacheco was born in the Dominican Republic; he created Fania Records with Jerry Masucci in 1964 and was a major promoter of salsa music from New York City. Dominican artists played salsa in NYC and around the world.

Dominican salsero/sonero, Cuco Valoy is known as "El Brujo" (the sorcerer) and as a Latino legend that served as an ambassador for Afro-Cuban music. He first gained attention in the 1950s with his brother, Martin, in the music duo Los Ahijados. He studied music theory at National Conservatoire of Dominican Republic Music. Cuco Valoy appeared in the Salsa scene originally as a sonero, one of the Cuban rhythms that later gave a commercial term Salsa, in the 1970s with his hits "Juliana" (later covered by the group DLG), "El Divorcio", and "Nació Varón" (afropop.org). Cuco's son, Ramón Orlando, one of the pioneers of Merengue classico of the 1980s, continued his career by directing the popular band La Orquesta Internacional with singers Peter Cruz and Henry García in the early days. Ramón then really became the legend that he is today when he brought on singer Fenix Ortix, with whom he went on to win a Grammy in 2005 for his merengue album "Generaciones" and today composes Salsa music for contemporary artists such as Sexappeal.

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