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).
Te invito a conocerte // The Lucky Ones
Maylin Ortega Zulueta
The lucky ones es un poema, parte de una trilogía reciente entitulada Distancing Reflections. La versión en español se convirtió en la canción.
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.
“Eres tú.” Cover de Ghirca Dana Marieta
Cover de “Eres tú” de Matisse y Reik por Ghirca Dana Marieta.
Estudiante de segundo nivel español de la instructora María Flores Barba.
“Felices los 4.” Cover
Cover de “Felices los 4,” de Maluma por Dario John Melconian.
Estudiante de segundo nivel español de la instructora María Flores Barba.
La experiencia del “mojado” : análisis de los corridos La jaula de Oro y El otro México de Los Tigres del Norte
Lorena Moncada
Las canciones La jaula de Oro (1984) y El otro México (1986), escritos por Enrique Manuel Franco e interpretados por el popular grupo norteño de Los Tigres del Norte, son dos canciones representativas del género musical de los corridos, típicos de la cultura popular del norte de México.