Latin American and Caribbean Flashcards
Mickey Hart
drummer for the grateful dead, ethnomusicology degree, hired by library of congress, promotes saving field recordings and make commonly available
Nueva Cancion
1950-70s folk music, written by natives, songs with regional flavor
Victor Jara
chilean nueva cancion writer, killed by pinochet, song about chilean cowboy
Corridos
celebrate shady characters, folk songs, tell stories
Narcocorridos
traditional sounding folk songs, talk about drug trade
Candomble
slave religion disguised as diety catholic saints so can hide from slave owners, wear european garments
Voodoo
popular in caribbean and gulf of mexico, african religion transplanted and integrated with catholocism, Laos-worshiped spirits
Reggae
plays role in early punk rock, music of rastafari movement
Bob Marley
born 1945 grew up on farm, jamaica former colony of england to 1960s, sees discrepencies between black and white rich and poor, Bob and the Wailers
Rastafari
smoke a lot of pot, free mind, jesus like figure Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
what or who is
drummer for the grateful dead, ethnomusicology degree, hired by library of congress, promotes saving field recordings and make commonly available
Mickey Hart
what or who is
1950-70s folk music, written by natives, songs with regional flavor
Nueva Cancion
what or who is
chilean nueva cancion writer, killed by pinochet, song about chilean cowboy
Victor Jara
what or who is
celebrate shady characters, folk songs, tell stories
Corridos
what or who is
traditional sounding folk songs, talk about drug trade
Narcocorridos
