Carpe Diem Listening Post 285. Every lyric has three dimensions: Surface meaning (often the only facet listeners discern); an artist's background inspiration and context; and new interpretations that come from projecting songs onto future landscapes. On its face Aire,...
United States of Music Listening Post 234. The U.S.-Mexican border looms large in American discourse these days, but when it comes to the mariachi landscape the frontier barely exists. From Guadalajara to Hollywood to the facing shores of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo, one...
One For the Record Book Listening Post 34. An album that makes those “greatest of all time” lists is one you can listen to endlessly and never want to skip a track. Un Besito Más (One More Kiss) by the Mexican brother-sister, singer-songwriter duo Jesse Eduardo and...
