Bachata

Bachata Bachata is a guitar-based style of music that originated in the rural and impoverished regions of the Dominican Republic in the 1960s. This genre became popular among Latinos in the United States around the turn of the 21st century. The music from which bachata evolved includes the Cuban bolero and other guitar musical groupings, such as three- or four-member bands that played guitars, stringed instruments, maracas, and other percussion instruments. Typically, a bachata group is…