{"id":239438,"date":"2025-07-30T07:49:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T11:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=239438"},"modified":"2025-07-30T08:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T12:35:20","slug":"leading-artists-take-the-catchy-bachata-beat-global","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/07\/30\/leading-artists-take-the-catchy-bachata-beat-global\/","title":{"rendered":"Leading artists take the catchy bachata beat global"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clases-de-Bachata-The-Conversation-1024x681.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-239485\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clases-de-Bachata-The-Conversation-1024x681.png 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clases-de-Bachata-The-Conversation-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clases-de-Bachata-The-Conversation-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clases-de-Bachata-The-Conversation-1536x1021.png 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Clases-de-Bachata-The-Conversation.png 2030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Wilfredo Jos\u00e9 Burgos Matos, a professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at Lehman College (CUNY), writes for The Conversation about how bachata has gone in just decades from being a grassroots underground dance in the Dominican Republic to becoming a worldwide phenomenon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He mentions that even a Bee Gees song got a bachata spin when Prince Roy converted the 1977 hit \u201cHow Deep Is Your Love\u201d and the single has topped the Latin music charts this summer. He said this &#8220;proves bachata is no longer chasing the mainstream but reimagining the pop canon.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Burgos Matos tells the story of how bachata, with its distinctive guitar melodies and poignant lyrics, is captivating millions and solidifying its place as a truly global cultural export.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-bachata-rose-from-dominican-republics-brothels-and-shantytowns-to-become-a-global-sensation-260886\">The Conversation <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>30 July 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wilfredo Jos\u00e9 Burgos Matos, a professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at Lehman College (CUNY), writes for The Conversation about how bachata has gone in just decades from being a grassroots underground dance in the Dominican Republic to becoming a worldwide phenomenon. He mentions that even a Bee Gees song got a bachata spin &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2025\/07\/30\/leading-artists-take-the-catchy-bachata-beat-global\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[337,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239438"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239438"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239487,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239438\/revisions\/239487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}