Latinos in Illinois & the USA: Music as a Cultural History

Music can be viewed and “read” as a tool that shares the cultural values, roots, and history of people. Over the years, numerous Latino musical genres share the concerns of Latinos throughout the years. Get a broad overview of milestones the last 75 years of music in the Latino U.S. as a way of understanding the history, roots, and concerns of Latinos in this land, with a special emphasis on Mexican and Puerto Rican musicians in Illinois as Latino populations that have profoundly marked the state’s culture and music. *Register

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