Isolated from the world for nearly forty years, Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean that has given birth to the world’s best-quality cigars and popular music: son, rumba, and mambo. ) and the birthplace of salsa music. The evolution of Cuban history has had a profound impact on the development of music. Two hundred years ago, Cuba was a shipping station for Spanish colonists to transport gold mines. The wooden nails connecting all the ships were moored at the fleet. The sound of Spanish sailors and African slaves hammering nails was transformed into music like magic. The wonderful rhythm is the origin of the rhythm of today's Latin music. In the 19th century, Cuba was the world's major sugar exporter. Due to the demand for agricultural labor, a large number of African slaves were sold here. African drumming and African sacrificial ceremonies that worshiped many gods were also introduced to Cuba and became the mainstay of salsa music today. driving force.

Salsa is derived from carol, which combines the powerful rhythms of Africa and the Spanish rural folk songs of Santiago in eastern Cuba. Carol is the prototype of many Latin American music styles, and it is also the prototype of cha cha (cha cha). cha), mambo, and salsa. During the 1930s, Batista had a very close relationship with the United States. The country's major industries were monopolized by American capitalists. At that time, a considerable number of American tourists and investment businessmen poured in. Havana's bars and nightclubs were the social gathering places for the upper class at that time. Under the stimulation of the environment, salsa that combined multiple elements was created and promoted to the United States and throughout the Americas. The success of the Cuban revolution and Castro's dictatorship in the 1970s caused many Cuban artists to flee to the United States, spreading Cuban songs and Latin rhythms around the world. New York can be said to be a melting pot of Latin music, art and dance, and New York salsa was developed. While Celia Cruz, known as the "Queen of Salsa", sang salsa in New York, the U.S. sanctions against Cuba remained unabated. The spread of the voices of musicians in Cuba was hindered. The world also criticized this country that exports countless tobacco and cane sugar. The Caribbean island nation of ballads gradually faded away; Puerto Rican musicians replaced Cuban musicians in the Latin American music scene, performing commercial versions of Cuban ballads around the world. Interestingly, political opposition is also reflected in Cuban salsa and New York salsa, mixed with antagonism and competition. In the 1990s, as Castro opened up to tourism, European and American music producers and record companies came to Cuba one after another to hunt for treasures, relive the golden age of Cuban music, and reappear the world with traditional rather than commercial Latin music. The Cuban carols of the 1990s once again dazzled the world music scene.