IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ‘EVEN THE TREES SING AND DANCE’.

DANCE; LATIN pop music; MUSIC charts; MUSIC festivals; SINGING; PERFORMING arts

The article explores the music industry in the Dominican Republic (DR). Topics discussed include view of attorney Rosa Mayra Tejada on the increasing value placed on Dominican music and its music-makers in the global market, insight on DR's two genres, merengue and bachata, and other music genres produced by the DR.