Feliz cumple, Manu Chao! Or, perhaps joyeux anniversaire, or feliz aniversário, or عيد ميلاد سعيد…
French by birth, Spanish by descent, and Latin American by consensus, multiculturalism has been the bedrock of Manu Chao’s musical style since forming Mano Negra in 1986. At 52 he's spent years in the region, learning the music of the streets that he's partially absorbed into his distinctive mishmash of styles.
Strictly speaking, Manu Chao -- though definitely Hispanic, because of his Spanish heritage -- isn't actually Latino. Most definitions of the term “Latino” include only people of Latin American birth or descent.
But while the nation continues to debate over the question of who counts as Latino, we’re going out on a limb and unilaterally extending Manu Chao official Latino status.
And he’s not the only one. There’s plenty of people out there who just exude Latinidad, regardless of their country of origin or ancestry.
French by birth, Spanish by descent, and Latin American by consensus, multiculturalism has been the bedrock of Manu Chao’s musical style since forming Mano Negra in 1986. At 52 he's spent years in the region, learning the music of the streets that he's partially absorbed into his distinctive mishmash of styles.
Strictly speaking, Manu Chao -- though definitely Hispanic, because of his Spanish heritage -- isn't actually Latino. Most definitions of the term “Latino” include only people of Latin American birth or descent.
But while the nation continues to debate over the question of who counts as Latino, we’re going out on a limb and unilaterally extending Manu Chao official Latino status.
And he’s not the only one. There’s plenty of people out there who just exude Latinidad, regardless of their country of origin or ancestry.
- 6/21/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Currently suspended WWE Superstar Chris Jericho has been counting down the days until the end of his suspension, literally.
Y2J, the man whose debut and returns have always incorporated some form of tease, has taken to Twitter to remind fans that he too is counting down the days until he returns to the ring. Reminiscing on past experiences and personal facts and figures, his Twitter feed has daily featured a number in consistent to the remaining time of his suspension.
Jericho was suspended last month whilst on tour in Brazil. During an in-ring segment with Cm Punk, Chris Jericho kicked the Brazilian flag. Desecrating the Brazilian flag is an arrestable offence in the country and it was only after Jericho was made to apologise to the crowd that authorities decided not to take the matter any further. WWE though, in what’s thought to be a move that was undertaken to avoid any backlash,...
Y2J, the man whose debut and returns have always incorporated some form of tease, has taken to Twitter to remind fans that he too is counting down the days until he returns to the ring. Reminiscing on past experiences and personal facts and figures, his Twitter feed has daily featured a number in consistent to the remaining time of his suspension.
Jericho was suspended last month whilst on tour in Brazil. During an in-ring segment with Cm Punk, Chris Jericho kicked the Brazilian flag. Desecrating the Brazilian flag is an arrestable offence in the country and it was only after Jericho was made to apologise to the crowd that authorities decided not to take the matter any further. WWE though, in what’s thought to be a move that was undertaken to avoid any backlash,...
- 6/21/2012
- by Andrew Smith
- Obsessed with Film
Madrid -- French alt-rock artist Manu Chao is in Cuba to play two concerts marking the 42nd anniversary of the assassination in Bolivia of Cuban-Argentine Revolutionary leader Ernesto 'Che' Guevara on Oct. 9, 1967.
Chao and his band Radio Bemba Sound System last played in Cuba three years ago at the open-air Anti-Imperialist Tribune that faces the North American Interests Section (Sina) building, which functions as a substitute for a U.S. Embassy on the Malecon seafront.
Chao, former leader of band Mano Negra, will play first on Oct. 9 at Havana University, where ex president Fidel Castro studied and developed his revolutionary ideas.
On Oct. 12 -- the Day of Hispanity that marks the 'discovery' of the Americas by Christopher Columbus -- Chao will play in Santa Clara, 270km east of Havana, where Che's remains lie. Santa Clara was the scene of the final battle of the Castro-led insurrection against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista,...
Chao and his band Radio Bemba Sound System last played in Cuba three years ago at the open-air Anti-Imperialist Tribune that faces the North American Interests Section (Sina) building, which functions as a substitute for a U.S. Embassy on the Malecon seafront.
Chao, former leader of band Mano Negra, will play first on Oct. 9 at Havana University, where ex president Fidel Castro studied and developed his revolutionary ideas.
On Oct. 12 -- the Day of Hispanity that marks the 'discovery' of the Americas by Christopher Columbus -- Chao will play in Santa Clara, 270km east of Havana, where Che's remains lie. Santa Clara was the scene of the final battle of the Castro-led insurrection against the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista,...
- 10/9/2009
- by By Howell Llewellyn, Billboard
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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