Barrio Rhythm - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Barrio Rhythm write by Steven Joseph Loza. This book was released on 1993. Barrio Rhythm available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The hit movie La Bamba (based on the life of Richie Valens), the versatile singer Linda Ronstadt, and the popular rock group Los Lobos all have roots in the dynamic music of the Mexican-American community in East Los Angeles. With the recent "Eastside Renaissance" in the area, barrio music has taken on symbolic power throughout the Southwest, yet its story has remained undocumented and virtually untold. In Barrio Rhythm, Steven Loza brings this hidden history to life, demonstrating the music's essential role in the cultural development of East Los Angeles and its influence on mainstream popular culture. Drawing from oral histories and other primary sources, as well as from appropriate representative songs, Loza provides a historical overview of the music from the nineteenth century to the present and offers in-depth profiles of nine Mexican-American artists, groups, and entrepreneurs in Southern California from the post-World War II era to the present. His interviews with many of today's most influential barrio musicians, including members of Los Lobos, Eddie Cano, Lalo Guerrero, and Willie chronicle the cultural forces active in this complex urban community.
The Roots of Texas Music
The Roots of Texas Music - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Roots of Texas Music write by Lawrence Clayton. This book was released on 2005. The Roots of Texas Music available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contains nine essays in which the authors examine various aspects of Texas music from its beginnings to 1950, providing an overview of Texas music history, and discussing Texan jazz, country music, early Texas bluesmen, classical and religious music, and various ethnic genres.
A World of Its Own
A World of Its Own - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A World of Its Own write by Matt García. This book was released on 2001. A World of Its Own available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tracing the history of intercultural struggle and cooperation in the citrus belt of Greater Los Angeles, Matt Garcia explores the social and cultural forces that helped make the city the expansive and diverse metropolis that it is today. As the citrus-
Rock the Nation
Rock the Nation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rock the Nation write by Roberto Avant-Mier. This book was released on 2010-05-06. Rock the Nation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rock the Nation analyzes Latino/a identity through rock 'n' roll music and its deep Latin/o history. By linking rock music to Latinos and to music from Latin America, the author argues that Latin/o music, people, and culture have been central to the development of rock music as a major popular music form, in spite of North American racial logic that marginalizes Latino/as as outsiders, foreigners, and always exotic. According to the author, the Latin/o Rock Diaspora illuminates complex identity issues and interesting paradoxes with regard to identity politics, such as nationalism. Latino/as use rock music for assimilation to mainstream North American culture, while in Latin America, rock music in Spanish is used to resist English and the hegemony of U.S. culture. Meanwhile, singing in English and adopting U.S. popular culture allows youth to resist the hegemonic nationalisms of their own countries. Thus, throughout the Americas, Latino/as utilize rock music for assimilation to mainstream national culture(s), for resistance to the hegemony of dominant culture(s), and for mediating the negotiation of Latino/a identities.
The Tide Was Always High
The Tide Was Always High - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Tide Was Always High write by Josh Kun. This book was released on 2017-09-26. The Tide Was Always High available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 1980, the celebrated new wave band Blondie headed to Los Angeles to record a new album and along with it, the cover song “The Tide Is High,” originally written by Jamaican legend John Holt. Featuring percussion by Peruvian drummer and veteran LA session musician “Alex” Acuña, and with horns and violins that were pure LA mariachi by way of Mexico, “The Tide Is High” demonstrates just one of the ways in which Los Angeles and the music of Latin America have been intertwined since the birth of the city in the eighteenth century. The Tide Was Always High gathers together essays, interviews, and analysis from leading academics, artists, journalists, and iconic Latin American musicians to explore the vibrant connections between Los Angeles and Latin America. Published in conjunction with the Getty's Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, the book shows how Latin American musicians and music have helped shape the city’s culture—from Hollywood film sets to recording studios, from vaudeville theaters to Sunset Strip nightclubs, and from Carmen Miranda to Pérez Prado and Juan García Esquivel.
