Hello and welcome! Tell me about yourselves and a bit about your lives. Jessie: My name is Jessie Strutzel. I’ve been playing flute for 25 years, with a focus on classical music and jazz. The latter genre is what brought me to play in the group Charanga Agozá. I also play in an Irish band. […]
María Díaz and her Folklore Ballet
Traditional popular culture means being part of a community that fosters values, customs, traditions and historical memory. They are transmitted from generation to generation and are converted in this manner into patrimony. This mode of transmission is very important for the formation, development and preservation of the identity of a people. The conservation of this […]
Interview with Grupo Candela
“It’s important to transmit these values through our music, especially in these times, where many people live with low morale and fear.” Manuel Vellón and Roberto Rengel, founders of Grupo Candela. Welcome! Finally, an interview for this marvelous Latin music group. Manuel and Roberto, thank you! Tell me about Grupo Candela. Who makes up the […]
Richie Morales, Guatemalan Painter living in Madison
Ricardo Morales is a self-taught painter from Guatemala who lives between there and Madison. Jan B. Juárez, in a very well-written article published in La Hora, affirms, with reason, that “Despite being attached thematically and, at times, anecdotally to Guatemala, Ricardo Morales’ images have, regardless, a universal dimension that allows them to be understood in […]
Art as a Universal Language That Moves the Soul
“Everybody has their own beliefs, but, to me, the only eternal entity is energy. It can’t be created or destroyed, only shaped and transformed. I want others to understand how it changes and transforms through my art” – Carlos Eduardo Gacharná Hello and Welcome Carlos! Thank you for doing this interview. Tell me a little […]
Interview with local photographer Rolando Cruz
“In 1994, at the age of 16, I immigrated to Wisconsin to pursue educational opportunities. I confronted some great obstacles: come to terms with my sexuality, learn to speak English, and to integrate into a new culture. I soon found myself self-exiled for being gay and also avoided by the community with which I shared […]
Vibes, Charisma and Local Talent, “Golpe Tierra” from Madison
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