Rototom Sunsplash is a large European reggae festival that was founded in 1994 in Gaio di Spilimbergo, Italy and has been held in Benicàssim, Valencia since 2010. The festival attracts thousands of fans from all over the world and features a cultural and musical program that lasts for up to ...
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments with a variety of brass, wind, and percussion instruments. The mariachi ensemble generally consists of violins, trumpets, a classical guitar, a vihuela, a guitarrón ...
Gospel music is a Christian genre that originated in African American churches in the United States. It is characterized by its use of choirs and call-and-response singing, and it often features lyrics that are about faith and salvation. It influenced other genres of music, including rock and ...
The bolero dance originated in 18th century Spain. The music accompanying the dance also developed alongside the dance in Spain. This original dance evolved into other variations in countries such as Cuba and Mexico. What does the Bolero dance represent? The bolero dance and music are centered ar...
Newly restored in 4K, Blank’s companion films on the norteño music that originated in the Texas-Mexico borderlands, 1976’s hour-longChulas Fronterasand 1979’s 30-minuteDel Mero Corazón, provide typically peppy examples of the director’s immersive, seemingly effortless style. Esche...
Plástiko was a young ska group of the new Rock wave originated in Mexico in the last 30 years. This band, originally from Jalisco, released 5 studio albums since their debut in the year 2000, being “Mondo Groovy” the most successful. ...
Bob Dylan released 'Like A Rolling Stone.' At 6:13, it was twice as long as the average pop song, but it nonetheless becomes Dylan's first big hit. Its confrontational lyrics originated in an extended piece of verse Dylan wrote in June 1965, when he returned exhausted from a grueling ...
Ska is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ска је музичкижанркоји је настаотокомпедесетихгодина 20. векана Јамајциито је ...
Music and dance in Mexico. Fig 13.3 of Geo-Mexico, the geography and dynamics of modern Mexico. All rights reserved. Ranchera Another very popular Mexican music form is the ranchera (ranch song), which originated during the time of the Mexican Revolution. It is basically cowboy music, and...
rock and roll, style of popularmusicthat originated in theUnited Statesin the mid-1950s and that evolved by the mid-1960s into the moreencompassinginternational style known asrockmusic, though the latter also continued to be known as rock and roll. ...