Examples Son – Music

Son songs to listen and dance to, from traditional son to Los Van Van.

• Son a Yemayá
  There is a lot going on in this song, son, rumba, yemaya
• Comiendo y Cantando
  Comiendo y cantando is a son sung by Pío Leyva. You hear the typical "gon-gon, gon-gon" bass line of son in it, here played on the Spanish guitar, but the pattern stays easy to recognise.
• Dame tu amor Guantanamera
  “Dame tu amor Guantanamera” by Eduardo Saborit—a classic son — the introduction features voice and tres guitar. Soon after, the characteristic bass line enters in the background. In this recording it’s played on an upright bass rather than a…