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Freedom's song: Chris Moss celebrates the enduring tradition of Latin American protest song - music
When I arrived in Buenos Aires in 1991, much of the music being played on the radio was imported, middle-of-the-road rock. Radio stations were paid to play it, and it featured incessantly on many o...(Continue Reading) Collecting culture: collector's converge correcting & corroborating Latin Music History - collecting Latin American music-related memorabilia, sound recordings
At the dawn of the 20th century, North American labels began recording the first records of Caribbean artists, trios and orchestras. Before established ......(Continue Reading)1968 First Latin Music Entertainment Awards
In 1968, thirty-eight years after Hispanic entertainment began to flourish in New York City, a magazine called Latin New York Magazine honored this city's Latin music artists for the first time....(Continue Reading)Born in blood and fire: A concise history of Latin America. . - Mixed Media - book review
John Chasteen (W W Norton, ISBN 0393976130) Latin American histories have tended to treat the region as if it were moored off the Spanish or Portuguese ......(Continue Reading)Mucho loco for Ricky Martin; or the politics of chronology, crossover, and language within the Latin music "boom" - o - 1
African-American comedian Chris Rock's remarks, made in reference to Puerto Rican Ricky Martin's performance of his recent hit "Livin' La Vida Loca" ......(Continue Reading)
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