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La America latina y el Caribe han cambiado totalmente el panorama musical del siglo XX. America latina es el crisol donde bulle una de las musicas populares mas ricas del mundo: no solo el tango argentino, nacido en los bajos fondos de Buenos Aires; la samba, autentico simbolo de Brasil; el reggae jamaicano de envolventes ritmos; sino tambien el biguine, el calipso, la bossa nova y la salsa.Sus representantes se llaman Carlos Gardel, Harry Belafonte, Celia Cruz, Bob Marley... Nacida del sincretismo entre ritmos africanos, europeos y amerindios, la musica latinoamericana sigue siendo una...

Un repaso a las intensas vidas de los DJs más legendarios de nuestros tiempos. Dioses del techno es una compilación de textos en clave satírica que giran alrededor de las vidas de los quince DJs -más unbonus track dedicado a Pocholo- más icónicos y carismáticos de nuestra época: Carl Cox, Sven Väth, Richie Hawtin, Nina Kraviz o Jeff Mills, además del portero más temido del mundo, Sven Marquardt. A finales de 2015, Javier Blánquez comenzó a publicar estos perfiles en la revista digital Beatburguer, y tuvieron miles de visitas. Blánzquez no buscaba describir a estas figuras en...

The Guitar Lessons of Julio Sagreras are among the most universally used collections of guitar music and represent a milestone in guitar didactic literature.The original six lesson books, along with the book Advanced Technique, were an immediate success on their introduction and remain so today. This edition brings together under one cover Lesson Books Four, Five, and Six as well as Sagreras's Advanced Technique volume. the studies in each book are carefully fingered and graded. They are charming, melodious and extremely effective in the classroom. They are also an ideal introduction to...

A fundamental guide to understanding rap in all its complexities by one of the most relevant writers of the 20th century and his lucid college friend. This provocative and entertaining essay collection attempts to scrutinize the genre through the lens of sociology, economics, philosophy, and law by means of a back-and-forth exchange between the authors. A fundamental guide to understanding rap in all its complexities by one of the most relevant writers of the 20th century and his lucid college friend. This provocative and entertaining essay collection attempts to scrutinize the genre through...