There's an amazing book that explores in depth the whole history of Afro-Cuban music.......and how the "Afro" part of it spread, via Cuba, throughout the whole world and influenced virtually every type of music we listen to today.

It's called: CUBA AND IT'S MUSIC:FROM THE FIRST DRUMS TO THE MAMBO. By Ned Sublette.   I'm about halfway finished it now.

I've been doing a series of radio programs, much of which are based on that book. It's called "Cuba in Motion".   They're only a half hour each, and so far I've completed about 35 of them and post a new one each week.

Here's a link, in case you're interested. http://peachcityradio.org/programs/cubainmotion/

You can also comment on any of the programs through the related facebook page: Cuba in Motion.

-Larry