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SoCultures November 2018
Culture Curators
Mexico
Ponxo Taifa
My country has adapted very well the Rock n 'Roll of the USA with lyrics that
reflect the moments of daily life in Mexico. The Mexican Rock was flagging with
a social force for a large part of the young people coming from different cities and
following a mix of other styles.
Name a few of music icons who are able to make impact worldwide?
I think Paco de Lucia! But it also seems to me that Peter Gabriel when he left
Genesis began to make more interesting music, but many a local musicians ended
up being great pop artists. Niña Pastori, Lila Downs, Chavela Vargas, Cigala, Ravi
Shankar, Buena Vista Social Club, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Piazzolla, etc.
What it takes to create soulful music for a musician/singer/ artist?
Many artists comment that they create music from their experiences or even adapt
traditional music from their countries or take inspiration from others to make new
versions. Well, I think it simple like for writers to write first, they have to read.
Similarly to play first, the new musician has to listen a lot of music.
Name a few Indian music artists who are listened and loved by the world
audiences?
Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar seem to me to be the most loved and listened
widely. Recently I listened to Anandi Bhattacharya and the flamenco fusion of
Indialucia, I loved both albums
Share your own experiences of working with music artists of different
languages and cultures?
It has been amazing, musicians from Sweden, Italy, France, Spain, Colombia,
Argentina, Venezuela, USA ... I think that through the distance we have achieved a
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