Saturday, September 04, 2004
Saucy look at pop Latin music
Latin fireworks fizzle as music loses its pop
By Agustin Gurza (LA Times)
What the mainstream wants is a kind of flavor of otherness without the history, the political implications and the specific [cultural] connections that actually produce the music itself," says Professor George Lipsitz, head of U.S. studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Americans will never accept real Latin artists, says Ruben "Funkahuatl" Guevara, veteran record producer and music historian.
¶ 9/04/2004 01:06:00 PM
Latin fireworks fizzle as music loses its pop
By Agustin Gurza (LA Times)
What the mainstream wants is a kind of flavor of otherness without the history, the political implications and the specific [cultural] connections that actually produce the music itself," says Professor George Lipsitz, head of U.S. studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Americans will never accept real Latin artists, says Ruben "Funkahuatl" Guevara, veteran record producer and music historian.
¶ 9/04/2004 01:06:00 PM
