Joan's musical trip

  Big Blog n.1: American Roots Music My search has been based on Tejano music genre. Tejano music also can be   named as ‘Tejana’ or ‘Tex-Mex’ and it was born in Texas. Although it has influences from Mexico and other Latin American countries, the main influences are American. The types of music that make up Tejano music are folk music, roots music, rock, R&B, soul music, blues, country music and the Latin influences of norteño, mariachi and Mexican cumbia. Famous Tejano musicians included Emilio and Raulito Navaira, David Lee Garza and Jay Perez. Emilio y Raulito Navarra: As we can see in the video, Tejano music conveys liveliness, joy, excitement and the desire to dance. Typically, Tejano   combines Mexican Spanish vocal styles with dance rhythms from Czech and German genres; particularly polka or waltz. Since the late 20th century, Tejano has experienced a decline of dedicated radio stations in the U.S., due to several factors. Among these is the success of Intoc...

 Music & Gender I would like to open this topic by starting to talk about a very traditional holiday in Spain that is celebrated on June 24 called "San Juan." These festivities have been famous throughout the years and there is a place in Spain where it is celebrated with a little more enthusiasm than in other places, this place is called Menorca and it is part of the Balearic Islands. Nowadays many people from all over Spain go to Menorca on the 24th of June to see the celebration of San Juan. It is a very beautiful and peculiar celebration, there is a musical band along with horses with riders and a donkey. The horses train all year round just for that date and pass among the people while the band performs a very unique and typical melody of San Juan thanks to a typical instrument of Menorca called "flabiol" which is very similar to a flute but short and is played with one hand. The band also plays instruments such as drums, cymbals and trumpets. I usually go ...