What is Salsa?
{{about|the dance and music|the sauce|Salsa (sauce)}} [[File:Salsa dancing.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Salsa dancing.]] '''Salsa''' is a type of [[music]] and [[dance]] of [[hispanic]] origin. Salsa music is based on [[Cuba]]n music. This is a ''fusion'' of musical ideas which originally came from [[Africa]] and [[Spain]].<ref>Orovio, Helio 2004. ''Cuban music from A to Z''. p194</ref> During 1965-1975 in [[New York City|New York]], musicians of Cuban and [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rican]] origin combined to produce this Cuban-style music. The music got the label of 'salsa'. No-one really knows how this happened, but everyone recognised how good it was to have a label for it. Over time, salsa bands worked in other influences. For example, in the late 60s Willie Colon developed numbers that made use of [[Brazil]]ian rhythms. N.Y. radio programmes offered 'salsarengue' as a further combination.<ref>Roberts, John Storm 1979. ''The Latin tinge: the impact of Latin American music on the United States''. Oxford.</ref><ref>Steward, Sue 1991. ''Salsa: musical heartbeat of Latin America''. Thames & Hudson, London.</ref><ref>Calvo Ospina, Hernando 1995. ''Salsa! Havana heat, Bronx beat''. Latin American Bureau. </ref> The question of whether or not salsa is anything more than [[Cuban music]] has been argued over for more than thirty years. Initially, not much difference could be heard. Later it became clear that salsa in New York was a bit different from [[Pop music|popular music]] in Cuba. Also, [[Miami]], [[Venezuela]], [[Colombia]] and other places all had their own ideas. It now seems clear that salsa has receded from the great position it achieved in the late 1970s, at any rate in New York. The reasons for this are also much disputed. It is difficult for any music which uses a foreign language to succeed in the biggest English-speaking market-place.<ref>Rondon, César Miguel 2008. ''The book of salsa: a chronicle of urban music from the Caribbean to New York City''. University of North Carolina Press.</ref> [[File:CUBA Havana -