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May 2010

Entrevista con Mariachi Nuestras Raices de Jose Gonzalez

May 29, 2010
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Esta semana vamos a conocer a un grupo de jóvenes con gran talento musical gran amor por la música y tradición del mariachi. SerenataMariachi.com se enorgullese de presentar al Mariachi Nuestras Raíces de José Gonzalez.
Ficha Técnica Mariachi Nuestras Raíces de José Gonzalez
Año de fundación: 2008
Director musical: José Antonio Gonzalez
Ubicación: San Bernardino, California.
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It Takes A Village, Estilo de Mariachi

May 23, 2010
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By Gil Sperry
For many years prior to 2008, David and Rosa Ceja had directed a mariachi choir and a children’s music group within their San Felipe de Jesus Church located in Capistrano Beach, CA.  In September of that fateful year, the Ceja family had an epiphany of sorts as they decided to act upon their [...]

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Alegrando Al Mariachi

May 23, 2010

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LUNES 24 DE MAYO.
Radio Bilingue (http://www.radiobilingue.org)
PROGRAMA # 6113    12:00 PM. PST.
En la década de los 1940 y ‘50, Miguel Martínez cambió la música del mariachi para siempre, de ser una música folklórica representada principalmente por instrumentos de cuerda a una música marcada por una trompeta y posteriormente por dos. El maestro Martínez fue el protagonista [...]

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Jazzing Up Mariachi Music

May 23, 2010

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MONDAY, MAY 24.
Radio Bilingue (http://www.radiobilingue.org)
PROGRAM # 6113   12:00 PM PST
In the 1940s and ‘50s, Miguel Martínez changed mariachi music forever, from folk music that mostly highlighted string instruments to a music marked first by a single trumpet and later by a trumpet duet. Maestro Martínez was the main individual responsible for this, beginning in the early 1940s. His trumpet is [...]

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