Also see my preview article, “Los Tigres del Norte to make history at Walt Disney Concert Hall,” published in the Los Angeles Times. Los Tigres del Norte plays at the same venues that host rodeos, professional bull riders and country fairs. So its show last Friday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall offered the band an opportunity … Continue reading
Originally published on the kick-ass Nacional Records blog in three parts in February of 2008. For the Nacional blog I wrote with the persona of a Spanglish speaking, Spanish music-obsessed “teenage gringa chick.” Guess what! I’m no longer the gringa 17-year-old music loca – I’m now 18 and still anxious to tell you more about my … Continue reading
![[Oxy Weekly] Day of the Dead: Rituals Remixed](https://dainabeth.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/october-08-080.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Oxy Weekly] Day of the Dead: Rituals Remixed")
This Latin American holiday has undergone transformations in the United States that have extended its celebration beyond conventional reverence for the dead to include expanded festivities favoring skulls and bones in an open-ended political forum. Continue reading
Entering El Mercadito in Boyle Heights feels exactly like entering a marketplace in Mexico City. The smell of fresh pan dulce, the sizzling of elote, the shopkeepers yelling “¡Pásale, pásale señorita!,” rainbow-colored rows of boots, and especially the music. At El Mercadito, vendors sell all types of Mexican music, and often invite guests to sample … Continue reading
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