Artist	Song
Bebel Gilberto	So Nice (Summer Samba)
from Tanto Tempo (2008)
Gato Barbieri	Europa (Earth's Cry Heaven's Smile)
from Gato Barbieri's Finest Hour (2000)
Fruko y Sus Tesos	Barranquillero Arrebatao
from Greatest Salsa Classics of Colombia, Vol. 1 (2009)
Paulina Rubio	Causa y Efecto
from Gran City Pop (Deluxe Version) (2009)
La Sonora Dinamita	Se Me Perdio la Cadenita
from Super Exitos!, Vol. 1 (2009)
Carlos Vives	Fruta Fresca
from El Amor De Mi Tierra (1999)
Luis Miguel	Contigo en la Distancia
from Romance (2004)
Orquesta Aragón de Cuba	El Bodeguero
from The Originals: The Great 50's Recordings (2006)
Gal Costa	Flor De Maracuja
from Pure Brazil: Samba Soul Groove (2004)
Grupo Fantasma	Sabado en el Parque
from El Existential (2010)
Nortec Collective	Babel
from Babel (Music from and Inspired By the Motion Picture) (2006)
Joan Sebastian	Eso y Mas
from Mas Alla del Sol (2006)
Joe Arroyo	Rebelión
from Greatest Salsa Classics of Colombia, Vol. 1 (2009)
Mongo Santamaria	Afro Blue
from Mongo's Greatest Hits (2006)
Willie Colón	Idilio
from Mis Favoritas: Willie Colón (2010)
Fonseca	Arroyito
from Gratitud (Edición Especial) (2010)
Lila Downs	La Cumbia del Mole
from La Cantina (2006)
Los Tigres del Norte	La Puerta Negra
from Gracias America Sin Fronteras (2006)
Inti Illimani	Samba Landó
from The Best of Inti Illimani (2005)
Chambao	Papeles Mojados
from Con Otro Aire (2007)
Victor Jara	Cuando Voy al trabajo
from Amor - Grandes de la Nueva Canción (1988)
Bebe	Malo
from Pafuera telarañas (Edición especial) (2005)
Sidestepper	Deja
from KCRW Sounds Eclectico (2005)
Laura Pausini	Primavera In Anticipo (It Is My Song) [Duet With James Blunt]
from Primavera in anticipo (2008)
Reik	Inolvidable
from Un Día Más (2008)

Comment:

Much of the best Latin music remains all but unknown to non-Hispanic listeners, so here’s your chance to get up to speed. Find some of the wide-ranging genre’s best-kept secrets by acquainting yourself with the Dominican Republic’s Amarfis (“El Pollo”), whose red-hot brand of merengue set dance floors alight in Latin clubs the world over, and Puerto Rican folk ensemble Paracumbé, who create something truly magical on “Mamá, Cuídame a Belén.” Italian star Laura Pausini may have already lit up your radar, thanks to a pop-rockin’ hook-up with English singer-songwriter James Blunt (“Primavera In Anticipo”), but only the dedicated Latin aficionado is likely to have savored the electro-flamenco of southern Spain’s Chambao (“Papeles Mojados”).

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