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    Chicano rock, also called chicano fusion, is rock music performed by Mexican American (Chicano) groups or music with themes derived from Chicano culture...
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    Chicano (masculine form) or Chicana (feminine form) is an ethnic identity for Mexican Americans that emerged from the Chicano Movement. Chicano was originally...
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  • El Chicano was an American brown-eyed soul group from Los Angeles, California, whose style incorporated various modern music genres including rock, funk...
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  • in rock and roll, which would eventually lead to the success of Latin rock and Chicano rock within the US, began to rise in the Southwest; with rock and...
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  • song called "La Bamba" was recorded by the Chicano rock artist Ritchie Valens. That same year, instrumental rock band the Champs released "Tequila", a song...
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    Chicano Batman is an American psychedelic rock band based in Los Angeles, California. Formed in 2008, the band is composed of Eduardo Arenas (bass, guitar...
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    Ritchie Valens (category Chicano rock musicians)
    American guitarist, singer and songwriter. A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens died in a plane crash just eight...
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  • Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock-n-roll, rock 'n' roll, rock n' roll, Rock n' Roll or proto-rock) is a genre of popular music that evolved...
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    Aztlán (redirect from Chicano flag)
    also the name of the Chicano studies journal published by the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. Aztlán has been used for Chicanos to associate with their...
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    border. According to Chicano artist and writer José Antonio Burciaga: Caló originally defined the Spanish gypsy dialect. But Chicano Caló is the combination...
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    Chicano rap is a subgenre of hip hop that embodies aspects of the Mexican American or Chicano culture. The first recognized Chicano rap album was the...
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  • Canterbury sound Cello rock Chillwave Celtic punk Celtic metal Celtic rock Chicano rock Chamber pop Christian alternative rock Christian hardcore Christian...
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    Chicano English, or Mexican-American English, is a dialect of American English spoken primarily by Mexican Americans (sometimes known as Chicanos), particularly...
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  • Diego, California Chicano poetry, a poetic genre Chicano rap, a genre of hip hop music Chicano rock, a genre of rock music Chicano Studies, an academic...
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    Quetzal (band) (category Chicano rock musicians)
    (Spanish-English) Chicano rock band from East Los Angeles, California. The band was founded by Quetzal Flores in 1993 in a Chicano owned cafe, Troy cafe...
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    Rafael Reyes (artist) (category Chicano rock musicians)
    Progressivism: Metropolis Rising" which included important Southern Californian Chicano, Cholo and street artists. "Dark Progressivism: Metropolis Rising" was...
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  • Angeles. Chicano artists Ritchie Valens, the Champs, Cannibal & the Headhunters, thee Midniters, the Premiers, the Blendells, and El Chicano emerged from...
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    Brown-eyed soul (redirect from Chicano soul)
    Critic Ruben Molina said roots of chicano soul music was from the 1950s jazz, blues, doo wop, jump blues, latin jazz, rock, ranchera, norteno, and conjunto...
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  • La Bamba (film) (category American rock music films)
    The film follows the life and short-lived musical career of American Chicano rock and roll star Ritchie Valens. The film stars Lou Diamond Phillips as...
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    Linda Ronstadt (category Chicano rock musicians)
    frequent guest to the Ronstadt home, Eduardo "Lalo" Guerrero, father of Chicano music, would often serenade her as a child. Canciones de Mi Padre won Ronstadt...
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    Cedric Bixler-Zavala (category Chicano rock musicians)
    Mexican-American and was born in El Paso. His father is a professor of Chicano Studies at UTEP. His parents were bilingual, but Bixler-Zavala says his...
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  • Suavecito means "soft" or "smooth" in Spanish. The song has been called "The Chicano National Anthem". The song was the band's biggest hit: the only one U.S...
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    and the Johnny Canales Show. Latin music portal Carlos Santana Chicano rap Chicano rock Chulas Fronteras (1976 film) Latin American music Latin Grammy...
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    Chicano literature is an aspect of Mexican-American literature that emerged from the cultural consciousness developed in the Chicano Movement. Chicano...
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  • performed by the Los Angeles rock bands Los Lobos and Tito & Tarantula, performing traditional Ranchera and Chicano rock music. Other artists on the soundtrack...
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    Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán; "Chicano Student Movement of Aztlán") is a US-based organization that seeks to promote Chicano unity and empowerment...
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    Chicano studies, also known as Chicano/a studies, Chican@ studies, or Xicano studies originates from the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s,...
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    Chicano Park is a 32,000 square meter (7.9 acre) park located beneath the San Diego–Coronado Bridge in Barrio Logan, a predominantly Chicano or Mexican...
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  • conservative norms. Ritchie Valens' 1958 hit "La Bamba" helped jump-start the Chicano rock scene in Southern California and provided a three-chord template for...
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  • on the album. There are also extracts of dialogue from the film. The Chicano rock band Tito & Tarantula, who portrayed the band in the Titty Twister bar...
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