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The Texas-Mexican Conjunto: History of a Working-Class Music is a 1985 non-fiction book by Manuel H. Peña, published by University of Texas Press.It documents Tejano conjunto music established in the 20th century.
Texas in the United States. The U.S. state of Texas has long been a center for musical innovation and is the birthplace of many notable musicians. Texans have pioneered developments in Tejano and Conjunto music, Rock 'n Roll, Western swing, jazz, Piano, punk rock, country, hip-hop, electronic music, gothic industrial music, religious music, mariachi, psychedelic rock, zydeco and the blues.
Tejano music 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 are folk music, roots music, rock, R&B, soul music, blues, country music and the Latin influences of norteño, mariachi, and Mexican cumbia.
Texas was part of Mexico until the mid-19th century, after the Mexican–American War, and its Mexican-American inhabitants played a mixture of ranchera, bolero and polka music called conjunto. To some extent an American version of accordion-led Mexican música norteña, conjunto was popular throughout Mexican communities in Texas.
G-funk is inspired by, and samples, synthesizer-based '70s funk music, like Parliament-Funkadelic (nicknamed "P-funk") and James Brown. [8] [11] [12] Rapper Snoop Dogg featured on The Chronic multiple times; his own debut album, Doggystyle (1993), was another instrumental G-funk release. It was the first debut album to debut on top of the ...
Texas has a significant live music scene in Austin, with the most music venues per capita than any other U.S. city, befitting the city's official slogan as The Live Music Capital of the World. Austin's music revolves around the many nightclubs on 6th Street and an annual film, music, and multimedia festival known as South by Southwest.
The book, said Coombs, is based on the true story of Eastern Woodland peoples from the Northeast, including the Wampanoag Nation. The story gives readers a peek into what Wampanoag traditional ...
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