While slick, mainstream American pop blankets the world, they insist, with plinking harps and time-honored salsa rhythms, that diversity should not be lost.

On Wednesday it's open from 20:30-midnight and swings to salsa rhythms for a more refined crowd.

Candela Soul, from the Bronx, built rock songs on salsa rhythms.

Inside El Pulpo Loco bar, salsa rhythms set a soundtrack.

"Late in the Evening" tinctures its old salsa rhythms with samba, while "Cecelia" relocates to South Africa.

A violinist's lament meets a lively salsa rhythm; late-night saxophone solos melt into arias as sopranos begin their day.

Across Latin America Mr. Anthony is renowned for crooning romantic songs over brisk salsa rhythms.

Though begun as an experiment, the match of young freestyle singers with classic salsa rhythms proved more powerful than anyone imagined.

But it doesn't trivialize its roots: the tough salsa rhythms were all there as well.

The following month, he reintroduced its songs with a danceable salsa rhythm in another album, Valio La Pena.