Puerto Rico is Music! Travel Guide: A tourist's guide to rhythms, fiestas, and dancing venues
Book Details
Author(s)Maritza RamÃrez
ISBN / ASINB00V289URI
ISBN-13978B00V289UR1
Sales Rank1,428,138
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
The Puerto Rico is Music! guide is written for people who travel to Puerto Rico hoping to enjoy our music, learn how to dance, mix with the locals, and enjoy la vida loca while staying on the island. It is also written for local residents who want a convenient reference to the venues where they can go to have fun. On its 190+ pages you will find:
• An introduction to the five music genres we cover in the guide.
• Links to videos describing the types of music you might find at events.
• Lists of festivals and fiestas where you can watch internationally recognized performers for free.
• Lists of new, high-quality free musical events that are not even known to residents.
• Lists of places where you can learn how to dance.
• List of venues where you can dance to the types of music you want to enjoy.
• Hard to find places on the Internet where you can find out about current events.
• Sample music programs from the most relevant festivals and festivities.
• Lists of current performers who you can watch at paid or free events.
This guide is not:
• A travel book. This is a complement to your travel guide that will enhance the discussion about all things musical for tourists. As opposed to a travel book, this guide is written in first person and some portions are the author's view, such as the quality of an event, or a place's security level. Read this guide if you are interested in knowing what the locals do and perceive.
• An introduction to Puerto Rican music. This guide is more about finding places where you can enjoy and listen to five specific types of music: folk (or jÃbaro), bomba, plena, salsa, and reggaeton when you come to the island. We provide basic descriptions, but we don’t apply any academic rigor. In fact the tone of this guide is as recommended by your doctor: straight to the point, informative, useful, and sometimes funny.
• A calendar of events. Our approach is to help you discover the traditional and non-traditional venues and tell you where you can find information about upcoming events on the island where people always find an excuse to celebrate with music. In our puertoricoismusic.com blog, the companion to this guide, we do provide information about upcoming events, most of them for free.
• An introduction to the five music genres we cover in the guide.
• Links to videos describing the types of music you might find at events.
• Lists of festivals and fiestas where you can watch internationally recognized performers for free.
• Lists of new, high-quality free musical events that are not even known to residents.
• Lists of places where you can learn how to dance.
• List of venues where you can dance to the types of music you want to enjoy.
• Hard to find places on the Internet where you can find out about current events.
• Sample music programs from the most relevant festivals and festivities.
• Lists of current performers who you can watch at paid or free events.
This guide is not:
• A travel book. This is a complement to your travel guide that will enhance the discussion about all things musical for tourists. As opposed to a travel book, this guide is written in first person and some portions are the author's view, such as the quality of an event, or a place's security level. Read this guide if you are interested in knowing what the locals do and perceive.
• An introduction to Puerto Rican music. This guide is more about finding places where you can enjoy and listen to five specific types of music: folk (or jÃbaro), bomba, plena, salsa, and reggaeton when you come to the island. We provide basic descriptions, but we don’t apply any academic rigor. In fact the tone of this guide is as recommended by your doctor: straight to the point, informative, useful, and sometimes funny.
• A calendar of events. Our approach is to help you discover the traditional and non-traditional venues and tell you where you can find information about upcoming events on the island where people always find an excuse to celebrate with music. In our puertoricoismusic.com blog, the companion to this guide, we do provide information about upcoming events, most of them for free.
