Lone Piñon – Días Felices (Living Music Duplication, 2017) This new release from New Mexico, the self-professed “land of enchantment”, is sure to get you…
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Tag: Mexican music
L&T: Juan Gabriel
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…
Guillermo Velázquez y Los Leones de la Sierra de Xichú Release Serrano de Corazón
Smithsonian Folkways Tradiciones/Traditions has released a new album Guillermo Velázquez y Los Leones de la Sierra de Xichú. The title of the recording is Serrano…
Cuatro Mastery and Hip Shaking Cumbia at EXIB 2016 Day 3 Showcases
Inberoamerican Music Expo (EXIB) organizers were forced to move the outdoor showcase venues to the historic Teatro Garcia de Resende. The beautiful renovated theater turned…
Rounder Records Reissues Music of Veracruz by Los Pregoneros del Puerto
Rounder Records has reissued the album Music of Veracruz by Los Pregoneros del Puerto. The reissue is part of Rounder’s back catalog of world music…
Mariachi Real De San Diego’s Songs of Old Mexico
Mariachi Real De San Diego – Mariachi Classics (Mardi Gras Records, 2009) Last March I taught a Latin music appreciation class in Bellingham, Washington. The…
Mexican Night at 7th Annual Chicago World Music Festival
Chicago (Illinois), USA – In celebration of Mexican Independence Day, Mexican Night kicks off opening evening festivities as part of World Music Festival: Chicago 2005…
New Californian Worksongs
Quetzal – Worksongs (Vanguard 79738-2, 2003) Mestizaje (or mestizo) is a Spanish word used more and more to describe musical hybrids in Spanish speaking countries.…