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Blogante News Summary for Thursday – July 24th, 2008

Ry Cooder keeps alive L.A. sound with new album – I, Flathead – mixing as it does Los Angeles’ diverse white, black and Latino musical roots

Mezklah to Perform with New Lineup at KPFK’s Clash of the Pochos on July 27

Blogante News for Thursday – June 19th, 2008

Ry Cooder: I, Flathead

How Havana Sang Before ‘Buena Vista,’ ‘Last Supper’: New DVDs – We Are the Music!

Singer returns reluctantly, then triumphantly on CD – Ersi Arvizu

Blogante News for Monday – May 5th, 2008 – Cinco de Mayo

El Chicano’s Ersi Arvizu finds her voice again – Ry Cooder coaxes an East L.A. songbird out of retirement.

How Cuban politics puts a spin on Latin Grammys

Versatile Toledo performer Jesse Ponce immerses listeners in Hispanic heritage. Ohio

VivirLatino » Taking back “Dos Gardenias”

Six-string virtuoso … Cooder celebrates the long-forgotten sounds of Mexican pop

Filed under Hispanic News

Guitarist Ry Cooder helped usher in a wave of nostalgia for old-school Afro-Cuban music as one of the principal motivators behind the Buena Vista Social Club in the late ’90s. But political realities have made it difficult to return to Havana, so with his new CD, “Chávez Ravine” (Nonesuch), he focuses on his native Los Angeles to explore a different Latin music legacy.

Filed under Hispanic News
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