Costa Rica Tourism and Retirement Guide
contemporary Music
Jazz: Editus, Jazz Expresso, El Sexteto de Jazz Latino, pianist Manuel Obregón, Cantoamérica and Amounsulu.
Reggaeton: Pura Vida
Latin (Salsa, Soca, Merengue, Cumbia, Calypso): Pimienta Negra , Kalua, Los Brillanticos
Rock: Ghandi, Tango India, Suite Doble, Alma Bohemia, Kadeho, El Guato, Evolución, and Malpaís
Metal: Insano, Deznuke, December's Cold Winter and Cold,
Reggae and Ska: Mekatelyu
Blues: Mr. Jones Blues Band and the Blind Pig Blues Band
Folkloric: Cantares.
Guanacaste is the major center for Costa Rican folk music, especially
pre-Columbian styles like the Danza del Sol and Danza de la Luna of the
Chorotega, who also popularized the ancient quijongo (a single-string bow and
gourd resonator) and native oboe, the chirimia