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[missdaredevil]

the elegant danz, the sinuous cha cha cha, the joyful guaracha, the explosive mambo and, most importantly,* the earthy son*, the island's quintessential song format.

Why is the earthy son suddenly brought up here?

Bye

[Philo Kevetch]

Because.... 'it takes two to Tango'??

[missdaredevil]

Still,why does it have anything to do with tango?
the earthy son, huh??

[ad-miral]

http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/earthy?view=uk

[CP]

I think "son" means a particular kind of song in that country (must be somewhere in Latin America), and it is an earthy type of song.
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[CP]

Here, I just Googled a snippet of the phrase and found the article that it comes from:

http://www.salsamagazine.com/generic47.html

Miss Dare Devil, your quote has some misspellings and missing words, so maybe your source was flawed. Anyway, read the article: It is about Salsa music.

As to son, here is a quotation from the article, referring to Joe Arroyo:

"Better yet, he had an instinctive understanding of the many dances to be found in the Caribbean. When the above-mentioned genres weren't enough to satisfy his voracious appetite, he invented his own-'joe-son'-a sparkling blend of son, calypso and merengue best exemplified by his mega-hit 'La Noche.'"
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