Issue 1 Music
Issue 1 Music
Original music videos, covers, and mini essays on music by our brilliant undergraduate and graduate students.
Bravery and resilience in Despierta by Snow Tha Product
By Suzette Attopley
The adoption of Hip-Hop musical culture by Mexican-Americans dates back to the 20th Century. The same period marks Mexico's official acknowledgment of Africa as the third root of its mixed cultural composition (McFarland 939).
Chicano Lyrics in Manic Hispanic’s Punk Rock Covers
Ana Ruiz Segarra
Punk music is often seen as an expression of resistance and its music scene portrays the constant seeking of rebellion: a rebellion against the system, big corporations, capitalism, and, for Latinx musicians, also an opposition to racial discrimination and unfairness. The diversity and tension between races and cultures in East L.A. produced a broad range of hybrid music such as Chicano punk rock (Spence 5).
El tren en Immigrants (We Get the Job Done)
Jose Alejandro Londoño
El video musical oficial de Immigrants (We Get The Job Done), producido por Lin-Manuel Miranda, y dirigido por Tomás Whitmore una colaboración con los artistas K'naan, Residente, Riz MC & Snow Tha Product, comienza con un grupo de personas en el vagón de carga de un tren. Se reúnen alrededor de una radio con señal interrumpida. Escuchan noticias que lxs interpelan. Las noticias dan cuenta de fuerzas, como la ley y las instituciones, que reconocen o rechazan sus vidas, ya situadas y expuestas en los Estados Unidos. Estamos en el 2016, año del posicionamiento de Donald Trump.
Frontera Realities in Mis Dos Patrias from Los Tigres del Norte
By Wonder Afua Hiadzi
Ever since the demarcation of the geographical boundaries between the United States and Mexico, the border has literally and metaphorically become a hybrid space as well a space of constant movement and negotiation. Popular culture and arts have in various ways portrayed the border reality as well as migratory movement to and from the border.
The Power of the Arts in the Strawberry Fields Forever Cover by La Santa Cecilia
Zeina Dghaim
In this song analysis assignment, I shall present an analysis based on three main propositional values for the lyrical song Strawberry Fields by John Lennon, visual cover by La Santa Cecilia band.