The city of musical memory : salsa, record grooves, and popular culture in Cali, Colombia / Lise A. Waxer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waxer, Lise.

Series:

Music/culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Salsa (Music)--Social aspects--Colombia--Cali.

Salsa (Music).

Salsa (Music)--History and criticism.

Salsa (Dance)--History and criticism.

Salsa (Dance).

Salsa (Music)--Social aspects.

Cali (Colombia)--Social life and customs.

Cali (Colombia).

Colombia--Cali.

Physical Description:

xix, 316 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [2002]

Summary:

Winner of the ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for Popular Music Books (2002) Winner of the Society for Ethnomusicology's (SEM) Alan P. Merriam Prize (2003) Salsa is a popular dance music developed by Puerto Ricans in New York City during the 1960s and 70s, based on Afro-Cuban forms. By the 1980s, the Colombian metropolis of Cali emerged on the global stage as an important center for salsa consumption and performance. Despite their geographic distance from the Caribbean and from Hispanic Caribbean migrants in New York City, Caleños (people from Cali) claim unity with Cubans, Puerto Ricans and New York Latinos by virtue of their having adopted salsa as their own. The City of Musical Memory explores this local adoption of salsa and its Afro-Caribbean antecedents in relation to national and regional musical styles, shedding light on salsa's spread to other Latin American cities. Cali's case disputes the prevalent academic notion that live music is more "real" or "authentic" than its recorded versions, since in this city salsa recordings were until recently much more important than musicians themselves, and continued to be influential in the live scene. This book makes valuable contributions to ongoing discussions about the place of technology in music culture and the complex negotiations of local and transnational cultural identities.

Contents:

"In Those Days, Holy Music Rained Down" Origins and Influence of Musica Antillana in Cali and Columbia

Memory and Movement in the Record-Centered Dance Scene

Life in the Vinyl Museum: Salsotecas and Record Collectors

"Heaven's Outpost": The Rise of Cali's Live Scene

Taking Center Stage: The Bottom of Local Bands

"Cali Is Feria" Salsa and Festival in Cali's Outpost.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography (page 307), and index.

ISBN:

0819564419

0819564427

OCLC:

49611043