Mestizo music
As Mestizo music is called music in which musical styles from Latin America as salsa , rumba , samba and cumbia with various influences from the pop - and rock scene mix, especially with ska , rap , reggae and punk rock .
The Spanish name música mestiza was originally used in Latin America for music styles that consist of a mixture of European and Indian elements. The expression was used in a figurative sense for the term mestizo - as a term for the descendants of various ethnic groups such as Europeans and indigenous people in Latin America. It wasn't until the 1990s that mestizo was likely used by record companies to better denote the fusion between Latin American music and pop and rock styles.
The texts are often political, against oppression and conveyed social problems . Many songs deal with the fate of immigrants , e.g. B. in the USA or Spain. Mestizo music is also and above all danceable music.
Well-known representatives of this direction are Amparanoia , Manu Chao , Ska-P , Mano Negra , Ojos de Brujo , Cheb Balowski , Panteón Rococó , Karamelo Santo , Barrio Candela , Abuela Coca , Celia Mara , No Te Va Gustar , Fermin Muguruza , Che Sudaka , Costo Rico , Sergent Garcia , Zebda , Kuela Beech and Amparo Sánchez .
Web links
- Concert event collective for mestizo music, with CD reviews
- Berlin magazine for mestizo and skapunk music
- El Sonido de la migracion - Current overview article with the focus on "Mestizo and Migration"
- Spanish internet portal Radiochango on the topic, with internet radio, appointments, news, portraits (multilingual, including Spanish and English)