Secretary of State Cord Byrd and the Florida Department of State today announced the launch of Latin Tour, ¡La Sonada Florida! on FloridaMusicTours.com.
¡La Sonada Florida! highlights the Sunshine State’s place in Latin music history. Florida has long been an incubator of major Latin musical talent with many prominent and influential Latin musicians coming out of Florida including Gloria Estefan, Albita Rodriguez, Mau y Ricky, and Pitbull.
“Latin music has flourished in Florida since the early 20th Century and some of the genre’s greatest musicians and most famous recording studios have roots in our state,” said Secretary Byrd. “Through ¡La Sonada Florida! on Florida Music Tours, we are excited to share the rich history of Latin music in the Sunshine State and places where the music is still thriving today.”
In conjunction with the Department of State’s Florida Folklife Program, the Florida Folk Festival will feature multiple performances by Neri Torres and Cortadito, both of whom are featured in ¡La Sonada Florida!
FloridaMusicTours.com is an educational, travel and media website that spotlights Florida’s important role in American musical history and promotes the state as a top destination for music enthusiasts.
Each Florida Music Tour acts as an interactive guide to a musical genre or style that takes a visitor through Florida’s musical history and across the state to where that music originated and where it can be heard today.
Launched in 2017, the debut Florida Music Tour Florida’s Got the Blues spotlights the history of blues music in Florida as well as related genres of gospel, jazz and rhythm and blues.
The Florida Rocks! music tour, launched in 2018, focuses on Florida’s unique influence on rock and roll.
