Related Books

Barrio Rhythm
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Steven Joseph Loza
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 dyn
The Roots of Texas Music
Language: en
Pages: 249
Authors: Lawrence Clayton
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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
A World of Its Own
Language: en
Pages: 343
Authors: Matt García
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Tracing the history of intercultural struggle and cooperation in the citrus belt of Greater Los Angeles, Matt Garcia explores the social and cultural forces tha
Rock the Nation
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Roberto Avant-Mier
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-05-06 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 Am
The Tide Was Always High
Language: en
Pages: 317
Authors: Josh Kun
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-26 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

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 w