Saturday Night San Antonio: Tex-Mex Dance Music

Saturday Night San Antonio: Tex-Mex Dance Music

(Folkways Records, 1982), 31 mins

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Field of Interest
World Music
Description
"While Tex-Mex music is commonly thought of as the folk music that’s popular along the Texas-Mexico border, ironically, it knows no borders when it comes to musical influences. Several selections on this album reach back to Germany and Poland for their roots, while a rhythm like cumbia goes back to Africa by way of Colombia. Still another tune, like the huapango, will have its background firmly planted in Mexico..."

"Aunque la música Tex-Mex es comúnmente entendida como la música folclórica más popular a lo largo de la frontera Texas-México, a la hora de determinar las influencias musicales que le dieron vida, ésta, irónicamente, no conoce frontera alguna. Algunas de las selecciones que conforman este álbum pueden trazar sus orígenes hasta Alemania y Polonia, mientras que ritmos como la cumbia se remontan hasta África vía Colombia. Sin embargo otras tonadas, como el huapango, está profundamente enraizado en suelo mexicano..."


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Content Type
Music recording
Duration
31 mins
Format
Audio
Sub Genre
Traditional, Waltz, Polka, Dance, Tejano and Norteño
Label
Folkways Records
Release Date
1982
Subject
World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
Keywords and Translated Subjects
Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá

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