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[[B]COLOR=#4D6DF3]Maybe Merengue is not paying ¨payola¨ to get to sound on radio stations. [/COLOR] [/B]

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Are you kidding? Suavemente is and average Merengue at best and Elvis Crespo, the artist is no better. There are countless better Merengueros and merengues. For and artist and his music to be consider in these award shows their record lebel has to sent then the work which they want to be judged on. They need a minimun number of artist (I don't the the minimun) in a genre to include it in the show. This year there were not enaugh merengueros who sent their work in and Merengue was dropped from the award show. This is a poor management problem, not a poor talent problem, as it's the artist's manager or record label who has to sumit the work to be considered.

Here is a take from someone who makes no pretense of knowing about the fine points of Merengue.

If you go back 40 or 50 years ago, Merengue was melodic and very pleasant to the ear.
Today it is not.

For what it is worth, to a foreigner today's Merengue is not pleasant, pretty, musical as before.

You definitely don't know the finer points. It depends on what type of merengue are talking about. There is a more urban uptempo style of merengue which you might be referring to. Such artists are Omega, Julian y Oro Duro, El Cata, Sujeto, and Silvio Mora among others.

The traditional merengue is not getting much air play right now. That music is still pure merengue with some minor changes. A might be more pleasant to hear as you have stated. Ruby Perez, Juan Luis Guerra, Milly Quezada, are among some other traditonal merengue singers who have had some type of airplay in the states recently. This merengue is currently not being played much. The merengue de calle or urban merengue is getting more air play in the states.

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Ok, if the pure merengue sold, or was popular outside the DR.
And the urban merengue does not sell outside the DR or Dominicans accustomed to it.
Would not a classical merengue revival be a good starting point?

It would. Currently, that music is not being supported here in the states.

Where is the good Merengue music???? It's hard to find good traditional merengue songs nowadays. What happened????? JEM, cuantame a ver

Thank goodness you said what you said Kokoloco! I agree with you 110%!!