Cinco de Mayo is a holiday celebrated in America and the Mexican State of Puebla in commemoration of freedom and democracy during the American Civil War; it is a religious holiday & not Mexican Independence Day (that’s September 16). Some mags are still taking a look for some contemporary artists in and around Mexico.
The surrealist painter Frida Kahlo and her mural painting lover Diego Rivera are Mexico’s most famous artists, forever married to Mexico’s pantheon of culture and history. However, our neighbor to the south, in the early to mid 20th century, was once a beacon for artists and revolutionary types who were inspired by the nation’s clever revolutionaries and artists, inspiring the likes of photographer Tina Modotti, Edward Weston and communists Che Guevara and Leon Trotsky, who also slept there.
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For all the former Mexican citizens living in the Southwest, the date became a reason to celebrate their culture within an increasingly hostile U.S. And so, in that spirit of cultural pride, Alt.Latino celebrates Cinco de Mayo with a handful of Mexican Latin alternative tracks to jump-start your chips-and-salsa party.
The music is as varied Mexico’s beautiful landscape: punk rockers, a new track from a rock en Español pioneer, three female vocalists who are redefining Mexican music, more DJs doing amazing mashups and a heartfelt tribute to a Mexican rockera we lost way too soon.
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:: New Music From Mexico | alt.lat
tags : kahlo, modotti, mexico, cincodemayo, murals, music
