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Día De Los Muertos In Queens: MexFest Brings Art, Altars, And Mariachi To Flushing Town Hall

World Music Central News Room October 23, 2025 No Comments Día De Los MuertosmariachiMexFestMexican musicworld music

Flushing Town Hall will launch its inaugural MexFest with an arts exhibition running October 15–November 30, 2025, and a community Día de los Muertos celebration…

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The London Latin Music Festival La Linea Coming in April 2022

World Music Central News Room March 16, 2022 No Comments Bebel GilbertocumbiaLa LineaLatin American musicLuzmira Zerpamariachisalsa

La Linea, London’s Latin Music Festival will be taking place April 21 – May 2, 2022. The 2022 marks a return to in person performances…

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Album reviews

The Passionate Mariachis from El Norte

Angel Romero August 24, 2019 No Comments mariachiMariachi Herencia de MéxicoMariachi Los CamperosMexican music

Just in time National Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States, two outstanding mariachi albums are now available: “De Ayer para Siempre” from Mariachi Los…

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Artist Profiles: Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan

Angel Romero October 21, 2018 No Comments mariachiMariachi Vargas de TecalitlanMexico

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan, founded in 1898 by Gaspar Vargas in Tecalitlan, Jalisco is considered the most important and influential group in the history of…

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globalFEST: The New Golden Age of Latin Music Tour Begins February 2, 2018

World Music Central News Room January 27, 2018 No Comments Flor de ToloacheLas CafeterasLatin American musicmariachiMariachi Flor De ToloacheOrkesta Mendoza

American world music showcase producers globalFEST have announced a tour featuring some of the finest young Latin music artists based in the United States. The…

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L&T: Juan Gabriel

Adolf Alzuphar October 13, 2016 No Comments Juan GabrielmariachiMexican music

I will be writing a column on Length & Time in music, in each presenting an album and its strategies that pertain to addressing Length & Time. Juan…

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Mariachi Real De San Diego’s Songs of Old Mexico

Patricia Herlevi May 22, 2009 No Comments mariachiMariachi Real De San DiegoMexican music

Mariachi Real De San Diego – Mariachi Classics (Mardi Gras Records, 2009) Last March I taught a Latin music appreciation class in Bellingham, Washington. The…

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