Panama! 2: Latin Sounds, Cumbia Tropical & Calypso Funk on the Isthmus 1967​-​77

Soundway

June 2020

The 2nd volume in the Panama series from Soundway showcases more of the unique tropical music created in Panama in the fertile decades of the 1960s and ’70s. The thin, tropical bridge that connects North and South America, Panama is home to three million culturally diverse people, and its’ music is a soulful blend of Latin American, Caribbean, European and Indigenous forms.