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New wave artists blending heritage and fresh sounds
From Wasian jazz-pop to Latin trap and Texas Chicano rap, 2026’s breakout musicians are merging cultural roots with modern styles. They’re crafting songs that honor identity while pushing genres ...
The first location opened near the Astrodome in 1976 and was ubiquitous throughout Houston.
Artists, filmmakers, and singers once championed Cesar Chavez as a hero. But now the late union organizer has been discredited — after revelations that he sexually abused two minors in the 1970s and ...
Underperforming California school district paying enormous sum to teach kids with a 'rap curriculum'
An underperforming California school district is dishing out nearly $300,000 to partner with a group to teach a rap-based curriculum to students, sparking "troubling" concerns, the Justice Department ...
Linda and Carlos LeGerrette represent the legacy of the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 70s in San Diego. Beginning as students at Mesa and San Diego State, they were in the forefront of that ...
Like many ideas, it started over a round of drinks. Musicians Shorty Delgado, James Jones and Joshua Josué were discussing where they stood in the world of music. Their sounds weren’t traditionally ...
Jose Anguiana was raised in Little Italy and first discovered rap when he was around five years old. Born in 1980, he had been introduced to the genre by the likes of Run-DMC, The Fat Boys, Big Daddy ...
In the Curator’s Words is an occasional series that takes a critical look at current exhibitions through the eyes of curators. When Rafael Barrientos Martinez first discovered Ramsés Noriega’s art, he ...
Every thread of Chicano fashion weaves together complex histories tied to race and class into the garment. (Montecruz Foto / Flickr) Clothing is far more than the fabric it is made from. Clothing ...
SAN DIEGO — The third annual Chicano Music Festival returned to San Diego, drawing people to celebrate Chicano culture through music, art, and community pride. “The vibe is personal, freedom, raza, ...
Today marks the 55th anniversary of the Chicano Moratorium in Los Angeles: A peaceful protest by thousands of Chicanos against the Vietnam War that people who were there say ended in violence by law ...
55 years ago, young Chicano activists took to the streets to proclaim, “our fight is in the barrio, not Vietnam.” Their protest still resonates to this day. An image from the 1971 film Chicano ...
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