Latin American Music Recordings
General
- Africa en America : música de 19 países = Africa in America : music from 19 countries. CD 04450
- Amor prohibido / Selena. CD 05952
- Dreaming of you / Selena. CD 05953
- Exchange: music at the crossroads: Latin America. CD 8976
- Guitar classics from Latin America / Marcelo Kayath. CD 01337
- Kalinda Kaliente! / Ensemble Kalinda. CD 06813
- Lateinamerikanische Gitarrenmusik = Latin-American guitar music. / Eliot Fisk. CD 01170
- Latin american music for two guitars / Sergio and Odair Assad. CD 00517
- Mondo mambo! / Perez Prado. CD 05738
- Reunion / Paquito d'Rivera. CD 05828
- La salsa des Machucambos. C 1333
- New York City ache! / Bobby Sanabria & Ascension. CD 00316
- Nu Yorica Roots! CD 10710
- Salsa fresca! CD 05699
- Siembra / Willie Colon and Ruben Blades. CD 08424
- Skin on skin : the Mongo Santamarâia anthology (1958-1995).
- CD 10584
Caribbean
- Ah feel to party : best of Straker's. CD 05819
- Calypso at midnight. CD 8992
- Calypso after midnight. CD 8959
- Calypso season. CD 05841
- Caribbean Voyage. CD 7876
- Kalinda Kaliente! / Ensemble Kalinda . CD 06813
- Pan classic ballads / Boogsie Sharp. CD 06935
- Rara in Haiti : Gagá in the Dominican Republic. LP 10752
- The spirit cries. CD 04921
- Steel band music of the Caribbean. CD 06816
- Tombstone feast : funerary music of Carriacou. CD 10360
Alphabetical by Country (Caribbean)
Bahamas
- Bahaman songs, French ballads and dance tunes, Spanish religious songs and game songs. LP 5814
- Deep river of song : Bahamas 1935 : Chanteys and anthems from Andros and Cat Island. CD 7885
- Kneelin' down inside the gate: the great rhyming singers of the Bahamas. CD 05728
- Music of the Bahamas. LP 2994 v.1
- The Real Bahamas in Music and Song. CD 10848 v.1-2
- Carriacou calaloo. CD 7981
- Saraca: Funerary music of Carriacou. CD 8991
Cayman Islands
- Under the coconut tree. C 1311
Cuba
- Afro-Cuba : a musical anthology. CD 01919
- Ahi Nama, vol. 1. CD 07645
- Animo gente mia. CD 07644
- Antologia de la musica Cubana volumen XI / Compay Segundo : Son del monte. CD 08361
- Azucar / Juan Formell and Los Van Van. CD 05806
- Babalu / Desi Arnaz and his orchestra. CD 01886
- The best / Celia Cruz. CD 05808
- Buena Vista Social Club. CD 08340
- The Buena Vista Social Club presents Ibrahim Ferrer. CD 08373.
- The Buena Vista Social Club presents Omara Portunodo. CD 08374.
- El camino de la salsa / Grupo Afrocuba de Matanzas, Conjunto Campesino Cuyaguateje, Septeto Nacional, Orquesta Sublime, Sexteto Ricoson, Septeto Raison. CD 06926
- Cantus in Honore Beatae Mariae Virginis / Esteban Salas. CD 10668
- Caravana Cubana. CD 08334.
- A carnival of Cuban music. CD 05864
- Cuban and Puerto Rican music. C 1342
- The Cuban danzon : Before there was jazz. CD 7916
- Cuba : I a.m. time. CD 07577
- Cuban and Puerto Rican music. C 1342
- Cuban counterpoint. CD 01078
- Cuban counterpoint : history of the son montuno. CD 05686
- Deseos / Arte Mixto. CD 07640
- Jesus Alemany's Cubanismo! CD 06471
- The music of Santeria : the oru del igbodu. / John Amira. CD 04907
- Muy Divertido! / Marc Ribot y los Cubanos Postizos. CD 08345
- New Conceptions / Chucho Valdés. CD 10867
- Ocaso otono / Ad Libitum. CD 07643
- Orquesta Cuba : contradanzas and danzones. CD 08370
- Out of Sight! / Poncho Sanchez. CD 10865
- Para bailar mi song / Rolo Martinez. CD 07646
- Respeta mi tambo / Los Naranjos. CD 0764
- Ritmo Caliente / Eddie Palmieri. CD 10645
- Rumba. CD 06469
- Sacred rhythms of Cuban santeria. CD 05821
- Sonando! / Maraca. CD 07639
- Sones y montunos / Fruko & Orquesta. CD 06940
- Spirit rhythms / Orlando "Puntilla" Rios & Nueva Generacion. CD 06470
- Sublime Ilusion / Eliades Ochoa. CD 08388
- Toda Cuba le gusta / Afro Cuban All Stars. CD 08188
- Top percussion / Tito Puente. CD 05796
- 3 de la habana. CD 07641
- Una forma mas / Vocal Sampling. CD 05770
- Virginia / Arte Mixto. CD 07642
- Yo no hace falta / Bamboleo. CD 07648
Dominican Republic
- Caribbean island music; songs and dances of Haiti, the Dominican Republic & Jamaica. LP 3080
- Caribbean revels : Haitian rara and Dominican gaga. CD 06252
- Cradle of the new world. LP 3842
- Dominica : creole crossroads. CD 7977
- Music from the Dominican Republic. LP 2806 v.1
- Rara in Haiti : Gagá in the Dominican Republic. LP 10752
Grenada
- Grenada : Creole and Yoruba voices. CD 10403
Haiti
- Caribbean island music; songs and dances of Haiti, the Dominican Republic & Jamaica. LP 3080
- Caribbean revels : Haitian rara and Dominican gaga. CD 06252
- Creole songs of Haiti. LP 3000
- The drums of Vodou. CD 04908
- Haiti cheri. CD 06930
- Haitian folk songs. LP 2996
- jou a rive / Boukan Ginen. CD 05763
- Liberte (Pran pour pran'l!) = Freedom (Let's take it!) / Boukman Eksperyans. CD 05797
- Mâeringue: Haèitâi châerie. CD 06477
- Music of Haiti . LP 3032 v.1
- Rara in Haiti : Gagá in the Dominican Republic. LP 10752
- Rhythms of rapture : sacred music of Haitian vodou. CD 05758
- Vo dou beat / Simbi. CD 05813
- Vodun-Rada rite for Erzulie. LP 3506
- Vodou adjae / Boukman Exsperyans. CD 05778
- Voudou nou / Rara Machine. CD 05839
Jamaica
- Bongo, backra & coolie : Jamaican roots. LP 2809 v.1
- Brown Sugar / Dennis Brown. CD 06376
- Burnin' / The Wailers. CD 06370
- Caribbean island music; songs and dances of Haiti, the Dominican Republic & Jamaica. LP 3080
- Catch a fire / Bob Marley and the Wailers. CD 06368
- Churchical chants of the Nyabingi. CD 06476
- Conscious party / Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers. CD 06275
- Drums of defiance : maroon music from the earliest free black communities of Jamaica. CD 05842
- Equal rights / Peter Tosh. CD 06266
- Forward ever, backwards never / Roots Radics Band. CD 07324
- The Harder they Come / Jimmy Cliff. CD 10791
- Hot, we hot / Roots Radics Band. CD 07323
- On the rock / Israel vibration. CD 07349
- Jamaican cult music. LP 2800
- Legend / Bob Marley and the Wailers. CD 06369
- Liberation / Black Uhuru. CD 06377
- Make way for the Indian / Apache Indian CD 06401
- Music addict / U Roy. CD 07327
- Natty dread / Bob Marley & the Wailers. CD 06362
- Night nurse / Gregory Isaacs. CD 06380
- 100th anniversary / Burning Spear. CD 06375
- Pan soca vibration / Earl Brooks. CD 06936
- Red / Black Uhuru. CD 06629
- Reggae ambassadors : 20th anniversary collection. CD 06288
- Reggae greats / Lee Perry. CD 06353
- Reggae greats / Steel Pulse. CD 06365
- Reggae street / Mighty Diamonds. CD 06285
- Roots of reggae : music from Jamaica. C 1352
- Ska voovee / Skatalites. CD 06631
- Sly, Robbie, Gitsy & the Taxi Gang presents the sounds of La trenggae. CD 10599
- Studio One soul. CD 10457
- Super ape / Upsetters. CD 07325
- This is reggae music vols. 4-5. CD 06360 v.4-5
- Trenchtown rock: the anthology 1969-78 / Bob Marley and the Wailers. CD 09941
- Two sevens clash / Culture. CD 06628
- Who feels it knows it / Rita Marley. CD 06918
- Why you so craven / Israel Vibration. CD 07326
- Zungguzungguguzungguzeng / Yellowman. CD 06630
Puerto Rico
- Caliente = hot; Puerto Rican and Cuban musical expression in New York. LP 2646
- Compositores Puertorriqueños. v. 1-2 / Hutchinson, Henry. LP 18276
- Cuban and Puerto Rican music. C 1342
- Folk music of Puerto Rico. LP 11118
- The musical heritage of Puerto Rico. LP 968
- Somos boricuas : we are Puerto Rican / Los Pleneros de la 21. CD 07032
St. Lucia
- Musical traditions of St. Lucia, West Indies : dances and songs from a Caribbean island. CD 06434
Trinidad
- All the girls / Mighty Sparrow. CD 09232
- Caribbean Voyage: Trinidad. CD 08649
- No restriction / David Rudder. CD 09230
- Pan night and day / Our Boys Steel Orchestra. CD 05843
- Panorama 2001. CD 09250
- Roosevelt in Trinidad : Calypsoes of events, places, and personalities 1933-39. CD 07869
- Roots, rock, soca / Black Stalin. CD 05835
- Shango, shouter and obeah : supernatural calypso from Trinidad 1934-1940. CD9615
- Voices 'n steel / Marionettes chorale and the Neal and Massy Trinidad all stars steel orchestra. CD 09231
Virgin Islands
- Under the coconut tree. C 1311
West Indies
- Brown girl in the ring. CD 7967
- Caribbean folk music. LP 1773
- Carriacou calaloo. CD 7981
- Dominica : creole crossroads. CD 7977
- East Indian music in the West Indies. CD7975
- Majestik zouk / Kassav'. CD05812
- West Indies : an island carnival. CD 05498
- Roots of Black music in America. LP 819
Central America
- Anthology of the music of Central and South American Indians. LP 3927
- Caribbean folk music. LP 1773
- Rough guide to central america. CD 09953
- The spirit cries. CD 04921
Alphabetical by Country (Central America)
Honduras
- The Black Caribs of Honduras. LP 3034
- Songs and dances of Honduras. LP 2999
Mexico
- Antología del son en México. LP 11325
- Caribbean folk music. LP 1773
- El Charro Avitia. CD 08901
- Conjunto! : Texas-Mexican border music. CD 05836
- Folk music of Mexico. LP 11111
- Indian music of Mexico. LP 1777
- Mariachis and Marimba. CD 08898
- Mariachis varios: Mexico tipico. CD 08899
- Mexico's biggest and wildest Mariachi band. CD 08900
- Mexico; fiestas of Chiapas and Oaxaca. LP 2986
- Mexico: 100 years of piano music. CD 05848
- Music of Mexico / José Pablo Moncayo. LP 5707
- Music of Veracruz: the sones jarochos of Los Pregoneros del Puerto. CD 6475
- The Real Mexico in music and song. LP 1854
- Sones de Jalisco / Mariachi Reyes del Aserradero. CD 06480
- Songs of Mexico. I / Carlos Hernandez Chabez [sic] and Los Trovadores. CD 06464
- Songs of Mexico. II / Oscar Moreno Tapia and los Mecateros. CD 06465
Panama
- Street music of Panama. CD 03218
South America
- Africa en America : música de 19 países = Africa in America : music from 19 countries. / Llerenas, Eduardo. CD 04450
- Anthology of the music of Central and South American Indians. LP 3927
- In praise of Oxalá and other gods; black music of South America. / Lewiston, David. LP 5400
- The spirit cries. CD 04921
- Voces unidas. CD 05701
Andes
- Mountain music of Peru. vol. 1. CD 03219
- Musiques des Andes = Music of the Andes : Pak'cha / [performed by] Bolivia Manta. CD 00931 [QUECHUA]
- Peru and Bolivia: the sounds of evolving traditions : Central Andean music and festivals. CD 6472
- Winayataqui. CD 00935
Native South Americans
- Anthology of Brazilian Indian music. LP 1778 [BRAZIL]
- Anthology of the music of Central and South American Indians. LP 3927
- Brésil; musiques du Haut Xingu. LP 3734 [BRAZIL]
- Indian music of the Upper Amazon. LP 1780 [AMAZON]
- Music from Mato Grosso. LP 1779 [BRAZIL]
- The spirit cries. CD 04921
- Why Suyá sing : a musical anthropology of an Amazonian people / Anthony Seeger. ML3575.B7 S36 1987 cassette [BRAZIL]
- Winayataqui = Ce qui se perpétue / [interpréte par] Bolivia Manta. CD 00935 [ANDES]
Alphabetical By Country (South America)
Argentina
- El arte de la quena. LP 4363
- Tango Argentino / Trio Hugo Diaz. CD 06941
Bolivia
- El arte de la quena. LP 4363
- Atahuallpa : Andean music from Bolivia / Rumillajta. CD 06923
- Clear water / Ch'uaw Yacu Bolivia. CD 8165
- La doctrina de las ciclos : The doctrine of cycles / Arawi. CD 07228
- Music from Bolivia / Pukaj Wayra. CD 06463
- Musiques des Andes. CD 00931
- Peru and Bolivia: the sounds of evolving traditions : Central Andean music and festivals. CD 06472
- Savia Andina. LP 9858
- Ukamau : folklore de Bolivia. CD7755
Brazil
- A arte de Elis Regina. CD 07008
- A arte de Milton Nascimento. CD 07010
- Afro Brazil. CD 07017
- Amazonia: festival and cult music of Northern Brazil. CD 06462
- Amoroso : [with] Brasil / Joao Gilberto. CD 07013
- Aquarela do Brasil / Gal Costa. CD 07014
- Ara Ketu bom demais / Ara Ketu. CD 06922
- Axe Brazil. CD 07016
- Beleza tropical / compiled by David Byrne. CD 07003
- The best of Rio Carnaval : samba enredo & batucada. CD 07002
- Brasil, a century of song. CD 05589
- Brasileiro. CD 9198
- Brazil, roots, samba. CD 03907
- Brésil; musiques du Haut Xingu. LP 3734 [NATIVE INDIAN]
- Caetano / Caetano Veloso. CD 07006
- Capoeira Angola from Salvador, Brazil / produced by Mestre Cobra Mansa and Heidi Rauch in collaboration with the Organization of American States and the Grupo de Capoeira Angola Pelourinho. CD 06461
- Danças Brasileiras. LP 12214
- Elis & Tom / Elis Regina, [all songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim]. CD 07012
- Fascinacao : Fascination / Elis Regina. CD 07007
- Forrâo, etc.: music of the Brazilian northeast / compiled by David Byrne. CD 07015
- Gal tropical / Gal Costa. CD 07020
- In praise of Oxalá and other gods; black music of South America. LP 5400
- Kaya n'gan daya / Gilberto Gil. CD 10527
- Miltons / Milton Nascimento. CD 07011
- North and South / Luciana Souza. CD 10641
- O samba. CD 05497
- Parabolic. CD 03697
- Songs and dances of Brazil. LP 3005
- This is samba, vol.1,2. CD 09992 v.1,2
- Timbalada / Timbalada. CD 05846
- Tropicalia 2 / Caetano e Gil. CD 07005
- Txai / Milton Nascimento. CD 07009
- Yele Brazil. CD 05768
- Xangai. CD 07004
Colombia
- Afro-hispanic music from western Colombia and Ecuador. LP 1787
- Colombie / El Sexteto Tabala. CD 06857
- Cumbia cumbia: a selection of Colombia cumbia recordings. CD 05810
- Cumbia cumbia 2 : l'epoca dorada de cumbias Colombianas. CD 05787
- Cumbias con acordeon. Vol. 1 : desde Columbia. CD 06920
- In praise of Oxalá and other gods; black music of South America. LP 5400
Ecuador
- Afro-hispanic music from western Colombia and Ecuador. LP 1787
- In praise of Oxalá and other gods; black music of South America. LP 5400
- Musiques des Andes. CD 00931
Paraguay
- Diego Blanco. LP 9189
- Los Chiriguanos of Paraguay. LP 5339
- Magic of the Paraguayan harp and Indian flutes / Pablo Carcamo and Oscar Benito. CD7754
- Virtuoso del arpo paraguaya. LP 10962
Peru
- El arte de la quena. LP 4363
- Fiestas of Peru; music of the high Andes. LP 5415
- Kingdom of the sun; Peru's Inca heritage. LP 89
- Mountain music of Peru. vol. 1. CD 03219 [AYMARA INDIANS]
- Musiques des Andes. CD 00931
- Peru and Bolivia: the sounds of evolving traditions : Central Andean music and festivals. CD 06472
- The soul of black Peru. CD 05930
Venezuela
- Folk music of Venezuela. LP 11116
More Latin American music recordings can be found by searching the library catalog (VIRGO) or listen online using Smithsonian Global Sound.