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Tank Ball heads to San Antonio, Texas to learn about the musical tradition of Tejano corridos, which are ballads that were created by the Mexican people along the Texas-Mexican border during the mid-1800s. Usually sung in Spanish to a waltz or polka rhythm, corridos are songs that tell the stories of the Mexican and Mexican American people: their heroes and their fight against Anglo racism and Texas Ranger violence; their stories of love and betrayal and land dispossession; of revolutionaries and their struggle for justice, equality and social change.
Tank meets with musician, writer, activist, educator Juan Tejeda and his cousin Armando Tejeda to play a corrido along with Teresita Lozano to talk about the relevance of corridos today.
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In Ritual, Grammy-nominated musician Tank Ball journeys through the long-held rituals and traditions of the South. From the widely-shared to the deeply personal, rituals define a community's relationship between the past and present, and their resonance in the collective regional consciousness.
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Tank Ball heads to San Antonio, Texas to learn about the musical tradition of Tejano corridos, which are ballads that were created by the Mexican people along the Texas-Mexican border during the mid-1800s. Usually sung in Spanish to a waltz or polka rhythm, corridos are songs that tell the stories of the Mexican and Mexican American people: their heroes and their fight against Anglo racism and Texas Ranger violence; their stories of love and betrayal and land dispossession; of revolutionaries and their struggle for justice, equality and social change.
Tank meets with musician, writer, activist, educator Juan Tejeda and his cousin Armando Tejeda to play a corrido along with Teresita Lozano to talk about the relevance of corridos today.
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In Ritual, Grammy-nominated musician Tank Ball journeys through the long-held rituals and traditions of the South. From the widely-shared to the deeply personal, rituals define a community's relationship between the past and present, and their resonance in the collective regional consciousness.
Learn more about The Descendants Project at thedescendantsproject.com
Check out Jeremy's music at jeremycharlesmusic.com
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