THIS WEEK ON LATINOPIA:DAVID ROMO ON ORIGINS OF THE WORD PACHUCO, MARK GUERRERO’S ELA MUSIC STORIES, RICARDO ROMO ON GASPAR ENRIQUEZ AND, WHERE DID THE PACHUCOS ORIGINATE?
This week we have a couple of very provocative interviews with borderlands historian Dr. David Romo. In the first he offers a convincing argument for the origin of the word “pachuco.” Hear him out , this is groundbreaking research! Also Dr. Romo has tracked down the actual street corner where, in all probability, the pachuco counter-culture movement, pachuquismo, originated in the 1940s and then spread throughout the Southwest. Cool stuff!
Also this week, Mark Guerrero brings us a new podcast, but this one is on Zoom. Does that make it a Zoomcast? He has initiated a new Zoom series of interviews with musicians and singers of the East Los Angeles music scene of the 1960s, 70s and 80s. This week he starts off the series interviewing East L.A. music pioneer Anthony Baray about his popular 60s band, The Emeralds, and his musical experiences from the early 60s through the early 70s and beyond. Latinopia will be posting other ELA Music Stories in the future and you can find them on our homepage menu under Latinopia Podcasts.
And Ricardo Romo’s Tejano Report this week looks at the artistic majesty of West Texas artist Gaspar Enriquez. A resident of San Elizario, a small community on the outskirts of El Paso, Enriquez has been preserving the 350 year old border culture and traditions. And his art work is awesome! Check out Romo’s cool blog.
Enjoy your week on Latinopia!
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