About:Music from Argentina is known mostly for the tango, which developed in Buenos Aires and surrounding areas, as well as Montevideo, Uruguay. Folk, pop and classical music are also popular, and Argentine artists like Mercedes Sosa and Atahualpa Yupanqui contributed greatly to the development of the nueva canción. Argentine rock has also led to a defiant rock scene in Argentina.¹

Similarities to other music styles: Uruguay has similar roots to Argentina. Uruguayan tango and milonga are both very popular styles. Plus, their folk music from along the River Plate is indistinguishable from its Argentine counterpart. Uruguay rock and cancion popular, essentially their versions of rock and pop music, are currently the most popular local forms. Candombe, a style of drumming descending from African slaves in the area, is one of the few things that can be deemed quintessentially Uruguayan, although it does also occur to a lesser-extent in Argentina. It is most popular in Montevideo but can be found in a number of other internal cities too.²

Influences:The music in Argentina is present in every place, Argentina has a large musical tradition that goes back almost five hundred years ago. The music is result of a mixture of the influence of the Native Argentineans traditions and the influences ofimmigrants cultures, this influence is not only Spanish.

Argentina is a melting pot of numerous European migrants, such as people from Italy, France, Germany, Great Britain, Poland, Austria. The influence of the Creoles is important also, they brought the first rhythms of which would be called Zamba.³

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Source:
^1.Music of Argentina, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Argentina
^2.Latin American Music, WIkipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_American_music
^3.http://www.justargentina.org/argentina/argentina-music.asp