By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican composer Rubén Fuentes Gasson, best known for his popular songs “La Bikina” and “El Son de la Negra,” died Saturday, Feb. 5, in hospital at age 95, from natural causes. Over his seven-decade career, Fuentes Gasson recorded more than 300 songs, according to the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico (SACM). A
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS South Korea has always believed in the power of music diplomacy. Just take a gander at how its has milked the golden cow of K-pop music, winning the love and devotion of millions of fans around the globe with heart-throb-producing boy bands that can rival the likes of One Direction and the Backstreet Boys. So it was
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s renowned Orquesta Sinfónica de Minería (OSM) will open its 2021 summer season on Saturday, July 3, and for the first time the concerts will be streamed live on the internet. The season will include seven programs under the artistic direction of conductor Carlos Miguel Prieto, with works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian
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By SILVIO CANTO, JR. Mexican Americans have had a huge impact on U.S. culture, from heroic military service to excelling in business. But they also had an influential role in modern U.S. music. I want to take this occasion to remember two great Latino musicians born in May who had a lot of hits on the radio. Let’s start with
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS You might consider it a rare blessing during the covid-19 lockdown, but this year you won’t have to take your mom out on May 10 for a meal of rubber chicken breasts and dubious cream of something-or-other soup. But that does not — repeat, does not — excuse you from doing something special for her on Mother’s
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF … Internationally acclaimed Dutch DJ and recording artist Armin Van Buuren is working with Mexican street artist Soltero…
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS … A recent uptick in the number of polio cases worldwide has concerned health workers that a resurgence of the disease could be at hand…
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The Mexican Spanish-language production of Tim Rice’s award-winning 1970 rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” (called “Jesucristo Súper Estrella,” in Spanish ) – jointly produced by longtime Mexican theatrical regisseur Alejandro Gou Boy and U.S. film and television star Armando Reyes (“Chicago P.D.”) – is a rare thing in the world of modern theatrical revivals: It manages to
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS It’s a story that has inspired generations for millenniums and a musical that has awed audiences for more than 40 years, and, now, after nearly two decades in ausencia, Andrew Lloyd Weber’s and Tim Rice’s award-winning 1970 rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” is returning to Mexico with an all-star cast for a limited 20 appearances in Mexico
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS The South Korean Embassy in Mexico and the Korean Cultural Center hosted a spectacular, one-night-only performance by the renowned National Gugak Center of traditional music and dance at Mexico City’s Teatro Metropólitan on Saturday, April 6, to mark the 100th anniversary of that country’s March First Independence Movement against Japanese colonial rule and the subsequent establishment of
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