THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA: JUAN TEJEDA ON CONJUNTO MUSIC AND THE CONJUNTO AZTLÁN PERFORMS ROSARIO, RICARDO ROMO ON ALEJANDRO DÍAZ AT RUIZ-HEALY GALLERY, JORGE RODRIGUEZ GUEST BLOG “THE KIND ACT OF SOLIDARITY” AND EL PROFE QUEZADA ON A DUAL CULTURAL LEGACY.
Another of art, literature and music! We begin with Tejano musician, singer and social activist Juan Tejeda explaining the roots of Texas Conjunto Music as he accompanies himself on the accordion. Juan grew up with conjunto music and has continued the tradition with groups like his Conjunto Aztlan. We’re pairing Juan’s comments with a performance by the Conjunto Aztlan in their rendition of Rosario.
Also this week Ricardo Romo returns with his Tejano Report. This week he looks at the works of Alejandro Díaz whose works include everything from traditional painting and prints to neon signage. His work is currently on display at the Ruiz-Healy Art Gallery in San Antonio, Texas.
El Profe Quezada returns this week recalling his family’s tradition of not eating pork on Sundays and how this may have come from the Jewish prohibition to eating pork altogether. El Profe reminisces about the possible cultural cross over that spans hundreds of years of Jewish, Mexican and Chicano history.
Our guest blogger this week is civil right attorney, social activist and poet Jorge “Coqui” Rodriguez. Coqui has been outraged in the wake of the two ICE killings in Minnesota and reflects it in his powerful poem, “The Kind Act of Solidarity.”
Enjoy your week on Latinopia!
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