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title: "Styles"
url: https://radiodiabla.com/styles
description: "The seven Caribbean and Afro-Latin styles covered on Radio Diabla, with origins and short summaries."
---

# Styles

Latin hits, non-stop

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Seven styles, what each one is built from and how fast it moves.

- [ReggaetonPuerto Rico and PanamaThe dembow pattern that built modern Latin pop](https://radiodiabla.com/styles/reggaeton)
- [BachataThe Dominican RepublicGuitar music from the Dominican countryside](https://radiodiabla.com/styles/bachata)
- [SalsaNew York City, from Cuban and Puerto Rican rootsBig-band Caribbean dance music organised around the clave](https://radiodiabla.com/styles/salsa)
- [CumbiaThe Caribbean coast of ColombiaA walking two-beat pulse that travelled the whole continent](https://radiodiabla.com/styles/cumbia)
- [MerengueThe Dominican RepublicThe fastest straight-ahead dance music on the list](https://radiodiabla.com/styles/merengue)
- [KizombaAngolaSlow Angolan dance music sung mostly in Portuguese](https://radiodiabla.com/styles/kizomba)
- [CubatonCubaReggaeton rebuilt with Cuban rhythm and Cuban phrasing](https://radiodiabla.com/styles/cubaton)