The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music

The Billboard Guide to Tejano and Regional Mexican Music
Author Ramiro Burr
Country United States
Language English
Series The Billboard Guide to...
Subject Tejano music, regional Mexican music
Genre Non-fiction
Encyclopedic
Reference
Publisher Billboard Books
Publication date
 1999
Media type paperback
Pages 260
ISBN 0-8230-7691-1

The Billboard Guide To Tejano and Regional Mexican Music is a music reference and encyclopedia on Tejano music and regional Mexican music. Written by San Antonio Express-News music editor Ramiro Burr, the music guide was published in 1999 by Billboard Books. The guide was published during the 1990s "Latin music explosion", a period when Latin music entered the popular market and during the end of the golden age of Tejano music.

Content

The book's back cover touts that it contains the "never-before-told history of this innovative and influential musical genre".[1] The book includes the musical biographies and discographies of 300 musicians in the Tejano, norteno, conjunto, grupo, mariachi, trio, tropical/cumbia, vallenato, banda, and regional Mexican music, and are listed alphabetically.[1] The music guide also includes a glossary and Burr's "top 10" albums and singles of various regional Mexican music genres.[1]

The guide also includes an essay on the evolution of Tejano and regional Mexican music.[2]

Reception

The music guide was published in 1999, a period when Latin music entered the popular market and during the end of the 1990s Tejano music renaissance era.[3] In the 1990s, Tejano music became one of the fastest-growing musical genres in the United States and began to decline in popularity after the shooting death of American tejano singer Selena in March 1995.[4]

Music critics and musicians in the genre have since praised the book's release, calling it "overdue" and one of the best music guides for Latin music fans. Mario Tarradell of The Dallas Morning News, called the book "complete and comprehensive" and recommended it to music journalist.[1] Joe Nick Patoski, editor of Texas Monthly, called it "an extensive examination".[1] Director of Texas Music Office, Casey Monahan called the music guide "an important and timely contribution".[1] Michael Greene, president of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences believed the book "comes not a minute too soon" during a time "when the whole world seems to be discovering and rediscovering the exciting Latin music forms" and called the book "valuable and culturally important".[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Burr 1999, p. 260.
  2. ↑ Burr 1999, p. 10.
  3. ↑ Saldana, Hector (August 16, 2015). "Tejano music enjoyed a decade-long golden age". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  4. ↑ Burr 1999, p. 15.
  5. ↑ Burr 1999, p. 3.

Sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/18/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.