Archive for 'music'
Volver volver
I’m back after a little medical absence.
Posted: June 5th, 2008 under music.
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Maya temples
If figures somehow that Sun Ra would have done a tune called Mayan Temples. Far out? .
Posted: April 21st, 2008 under music.
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La Maldicion de Malinche
Amparo Ochoa’s take on Mexican history.
Posted: March 11th, 2008 under history, music.
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Another Andy Palacio video
Posted: January 10th, 2008 under belize, music.
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Andy Palacio
I got a CD by Garifuna artist Andy Palacio for Christmas.
Posted: January 8th, 2008 under music.
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Por que no te callas?
This song is going viral in many parts of the Spanish-speaking world.
Posted: November 20th, 2007 under music, politics.
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Zacatenango
Thanks to Rudy of La Antigua Guatemala Daily Photo for pointing out “Zacatenango” by Francis Dávila, part of a compilation of electronic music from Guatemala. The compilation can be downloaded here. The image was taken in Antigua in December 2001. Here’s “Zacatenango”:
Posted: August 1st, 2007 under highlands, music.
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Song clips from the “golden age” of Mexican popular music
Xeni Jardin has posted a great list of classic Mexican tunes (“YouTubes to Make Your Mexican Grandmother Cry“). Well worth checking out.
Posted: June 10th, 2007 under music.
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Cumbia del Mole
Here’s another music video from contemporary Mesoamerica. The singer, Lila Downs, is of Mixteca descent on her mother’s side (Mixtecs are a people of Oaxaca).
Posted: May 23rd, 2007 under music.
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Penguins in Bed
The Guatemalan singer Ricardo Arjona is accompanied by Angentian model Chenoa in this video version of his hit Pinguinos en la cama.
Posted: May 20th, 2007 under music.
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