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Tobacco and rum, two things traditionally associated with the Caribbean, especially Cuba. It is also the name of a hot local salsa band, only in Spanish -- Tabaco y Ron. Tonight, they help kick off the 11th Annual Salsa Congress which runs from Thursday through Sunday. Tabaco y Ron will headline the kickoff party tonight at The Proud Bird near LAX.

If you're like me, the very word "folktronica" makes you cringe as if someone had dragged their fingernails down the chalkboard of your heart. Folk and electronica? Could anything be more horrible than putting synth beats on top of Nick Drake? Or adding some banjo and slowing down Justice's tempo? The two genres seemed to be like beef jerky and Pop Rocks, two substances who were delicious apart but shouldn't ever ever be mixed together.

December is list-making season. And for us music journalists, it is a time to look back on scores of albums, reflect upon the music and recapitulate our favorites. But this year, just like the last, we took this opportunity to flip that tradition upside down, asking the artists that influenced us what influenced them. The prompt was not limited to albums that came out in 2008.