Latin Rock
Latin rock is rock music blended with Latin American and Caribbean rhythms and instruments, and the term is also used loosely for rock by Latin artists.
The classic sound brings Latin American and Caribbean rhythms to electric, guitar-led rock, as heard on the records the San Francisco band Santana began releasing in 1969. Later bands across Latin America mixed rock with ska, cumbia, folk and regional styles. Rock en español is defined by its language, while Latin rock is defined by its rhythmic mix, though many bands fit both.
Artists it is known for: Santana, Los Lobos, Maná, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs.
- Family
- Latin
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- United States and Latin America, late 1960s
- Also called
- rock latino
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 4%
About 3,100 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have latin rock among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Latin Rock artists
Soda Stereo
Gustavo Cerati
Enjambre
Zoé
Los Enanitos Verdes
Maná
El Cuarteto De Nos
Caifanes
Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota
Andrés Calamaro
The latin rock artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.