As salsa fever continues to sweep the globe, this selection offers up fourteen infectious tracks reflecting the healthy state of the world's favourite dance music. This Rough Guide traces its Afro-Hispanic roots in Cuba, through Puerto Rico to New York with forays into the salsa scenes of Panama, Colombia - and even Senegal, West Africa. Released in association with Oxfam.

Artists include: Ibrahim Ferrer, Plena Libre, Jimmy Bosch, Jose Alberto `El Canario', La Misma Gente, Yolanda Rayo and Africando