Throughout the survey of global pop music, one of the more salient genres and arguably more well known genres in the context of this course would most likely be salsa. A commonality in the sub-genres inherent to the salsa sound, such as timba, son, and latin jazz for example, would be the driven rhythm and similar instrumentation in percussion, brass, piano, and guitar. The sounds of salsa originate from stylistic traditions of Puerto Rico and Cuba, but the advent of the salsa genre would be through the marriage of these stylistic traditions in an otherwise American landscape. Gloria Estefan is one artist who encapsulates the Latin music stylings to cater to a global audience, making her a global pop artist. Estefan was born September 1st,…show more content… The song itself made its first debut in America on July 6th, 1993 and was released under the Latin Pop genre through the inherent Cuban sounds permeating throughout the song. The song itself was a major hit, reaching number one on the Hot Latin Tracks list in America and in Spain, and one of the first Spanish songs to be considered as Top 40 in the United Kingdom. Additionally, it was one of Gloria’s first works to reach the top 5 in terms of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play charts. Needless to say, this single piece of work that serves as a tribute to Gloria’s Cuban heritage can be considered one of her greatest works thus…show more content… Timba includes rock instrumentation quite commonly, such as the electric guitar, synthesizer, and drum set. “Mi Tierra” seems to blend the instrumentation of salsa and timba, and transitively the blending of Estefan’s Hispanic and Cuban roots, through the use of congas, cowbell, guitar, timbales, piano, trumpet, trombone, flute, double bass, drum set, guiro, and maracas. Gloria Estefan serves as the main vocal force of the song, singing all of the lyrics in Spanish in a way that pays tribute to the Hispanic heritage. The lyrics are as
