Made in NuYoRico

“Marisol Negrón outlines how salsa music is both an expression of Puerto Rican identity and a shaping force of that identity, so that the two cannot be understood without each other. A provocative, meticulously researched book loaded with historical detail and original insight, Made in NuYoRico will be a go-to book in the study of salsa.” - Josh Kun, author of Audiotopia: Music, Race, and America

“Understanding salsa as a cultural and transnational product born of and tied to place and time, Marisol Negrón makes an urgently needed intervention into the study of a musical genre that has been addressed primarily as a cultural text with little connection to history and particular communities. This book is a key archive of Latinx studies and a beautiful tribute to Nuyorican history.” - Arlene Dávila, author of Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and Politics

"Made in NuYoRico breaks down the secret ingredients of one of the most exciting musical melting pots of the era." - Derek Walmsley, The Wire

"Made in NuYoRico is an absolute tour de force of detailed, comprehensive research." - Nanette de Jong, Popular Music

"Made in NuYoRico is a fascinating book, one that encourages the reader to have their streaming service within reach. . . .  [A] worthwhile addition to the library of any salsa aficionado, who will undoubtedly learn something new while revisiting the past." - Vanessa K. Valdés, Sounding Out!

"A tour de force. . . . The wealth of sources and voices summoned into [the book] is nothing less than remarkable." - Sergio Ospina Romero, Journal of the American Musicological Society

"Highly recommended." - Jorge Torres, Notes

"What I have valued most in this book: its potential to ignite a conversation about salsa, not merely as a musical and discursive genre but as both a commodity and a site of poetic singularity. . . . This book is the most comprehensive updating of the institutional, governmental, media, commercial, and legal materials that shaped the context in which the Fania All Stars enterprise emerged." - Juan Carlos Quintero Herencia, Public Books