Yax Montaño (English)

Si Yo Fuera una Canción (If I Were a Song)

Interviewed the day before her 21st birthday, Yax reveals a source of wisdom and seriousness worthy of a much older person. In her view, the migrant condition as a person who is “Neither from here nor from there” is not necessarily tragic, but rather an opportunity to know oneself better.

YAX MONTAÑO: BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LINKS

Facundo Cabral & “No soy de aquí ni de allá” (I’m not from here, nor from there”)

The song was written in 1970 and is probably the best-known song by the great Argentinean singer-songwriter-philosopher-artivist. It has been covered by a great many artists, among them Alberto Cortez (see Episode #10, Abel Ruíz).

The two Wikipedia articles are different but each is quite good:

English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facundo_Cabral

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_soy_de_aqu%C3%AD_ni_soy_de_all%C3%A1

• This short Wikipedia piece about the song is short on references but has anecdotic charm

Chavela Vargas

Wikipedia, as usual, offers good basic information about this amazing figure:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chavela_Vargas

Chavela has also been noticed in academic circles:

• Jesusa Rodríguez, Liliana Felipe. “Doña Chavela” (119) 31.XII. 1990 Debate Feminista, Vol. 23 (ABRIL 2001), pp. 372-377
• Roberto Strongman. “The Latin American Queer Aesthetics of El Bolero.” Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies / Revue canadienne des études latino-américaines et caraïbes, Vol. 32, No. 64 (2007), pp. 39-78
• Lourdes Torres. “Becoming Visible: U.S. Latina Lesbians Talk Back and Act Out.” Counterpoints, Vol. 169, Talking Back and Acting Out: Women Negotiating the Media Across Cultures (2002), pp. 151-162

070 Shake

As with many younger hip hop artists, 070 Shake is chiefly represented by the Internet—with attendant issues around the reliability of the information thus encountered.

http://www.070shake.net/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/070_Shake (English)