Latino arts, history and culture
This month Mark Guerrero welcomes René Ornelas of the sixties music duo René and René to Chicano Music Chronicles. René and René is the awesome Latino pop duo whose hits Angelito (1964) and Lo Mucho … [Read more...]
Thanks to the efforts of David Contreras Latinopia is offering the following links to internet sources for Chicano Latino art, literature, music, history and … [Read more...]
This week Mark Guerrero brings Latinopia an interview with rock and roll legend Chris Montez. Born Ezekiel Christopher Montanez in 1943, Chris became a rock and roll star with his recording of … [Read more...]
This week Mark Guerrero's Chicano Music Chronicles features the music of Carmencristina Moreno, a multi-talented vocalist/actress whose voice and singing ability rivals singers like Joan Baez and … [Read more...]
This week Mark Guerrero features musician Gilbert Rocha whose band The Silhouettes included the late great Ritchie Valens. Rocha later played with the doo wop duo, The Perez Brothers, and Rulie … [Read more...]
This month Mark Guerrero's guest on Chicano Music Chronicles is Hirth Martinez, described by Mark as "Chicano music’s best kept secret." Hirth is a world-class singer/songwriter and guitarist. His … [Read more...]
This month Mark Guerrero's Chicano Music Chronicles features an interview with San Francisco Bay Area songwriter/recording artist, Pc Muñoz. Pc's a great lyricist and an extremely bright and talented … [Read more...]
This month, Mark Guerrero interviews three members of The Reckless Night Ensemble about their album Pan-Americanos, which includes seven Lalo Guerrero songs, "Vamos a Bailar," "16 Pounds," "Los … [Read more...]
In this Chicano Music Chronicles podcast, Mark Guerrero interviews founding member, leader, and lead vocalist Arcelio Garcia of Malo about his band's history and music. Malo classics such as "Nena" … [Read more...]
This week Mark Guerrero's Chicano Music Chronicles features the East Los Angeles band, APB (All Points Bulletin). This band was led by Aaron Ballesteros, best known as the drummer for Tierra and many … [Read more...]
This week Mark Guerrero's Chicano Music Chronicles features the 70s horn band from Montebello called Elijah. This band made four albums for major labels and their guitar player and horn section … [Read more...]
This month Mark Guerrero brings us the music of Trini López on the Chicano radio Network (CRN). Every night in May, from 7Pm to 9PM listen to Mark's interview with music legend Trini López … [Read more...]
This month Mark Guerrero Interviews Pete DePoe, a founding member and original drummer of the legendary band Redbone. Mark and Pete talk about and play some of the recordings Pete played on including … [Read more...]
This month's Chicano Music Chronicles features the legendary sixties rock group El Chicano. In this podcast, host Mark Guerrero interviews El Chicano's Fred Sanchez (founder, leader, bassist) and … [Read more...]
Mark Guerrero is a musician, performer and song writer whose songs have been recorded by Herb Alpert, Trini López, Chan "Hippy Hippy Shake" Romero and Lalo Guerrero. In this Latinopia Platica he talks … [Read more...]
This week on Mark Guerrero's Chicano Music Chronicles, Mark features...himself! This is an in depth two-hour review of Mark's musical journey from his first recording "Get your Baby" at the age of … [Read more...]
This month Mark Guerrero's Chicano Music Chronicles interviews eight musical artists of what has become known as the "Eastside Sound" of East Los Angeles in the '60s. His guests include the late … [Read more...]
This month's featured CMC show is George Landa of Los Nawdy Dawgs from Tucson, Arizona. Played and discussed on the show is their 2013 album "Lalo's Town," which features their versions of Lalo … [Read more...]
This week, composer, musician, singer and archivist Mark Guerrero goes to the roots and reviews the life and music of his father, the granddaddy of Chicano music, the legendary Lalo Guerrero. This … [Read more...]
This week Mark Guerrero hosts an interview with legendary Chicano vocalist Little Willie G., whose fantastic musical odyssey began in the early 60’s and includes his 2002 CD produced by David Hidalgo … [Read more...]
