Bachata Roja is the first ever compilation of classic Dominican bachata. From the early 1960's to the late 1980's the legendary voices of Eladio Romero Santos, Leonardo Paniagua and Blas Duran spoke to the hearts of a generation. The dizzying guitar accomaniment of ...

Bachata Roja is the first ever compilation of classic Dominican bachata. From the early 1960's to the late 1980's the legendary voices of Eladio Romero Santos, Leonardo Paniagua and Blas Duran spoke to the hearts of a generation. The dizzying guitar accomaniment of pioneers like Edilio Paredes and Augusto Santos charted the course of bachata's rise, and for three decades theris was the sound of the streets of Santo Domingo. IASO has selected here some of the defining songs of bachata's pre-elect