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Diez y Seis, Mexican Independence Day

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MUSIC MONDAY

Destination: Mexico and the U.S./Mexico Borderlands

CD: Cada Niño Artist: Tish Hinojosa

Article by Kerry Dexter

Mexican Independence Celebration Diez y Seis, the Sixteenth day of September, is celebrated as a holiday across Mexicoand in Mexican communities across the border and across the world. On that day in 1810, on the church steps in the town of Dolores Hidalgo, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla read out a proclamation which marked the beginning of Mexico’s war of independence from Spain. Continue reading Diez y Seis, Mexican Independence Day →

Music For December in Texas

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Music Travel Monday

Destination: Texas

Music:  From Texas for a Christmas Night with Tish Hinojosa

By Kerry Dexter

A blue norther sending a crisp edge of winter wind down the plains, a hint of country back roads, a taste of Mexico and the border lands, the wide starry skies of the west, a two step round the Christmas tree, and a scent of mesquite fires in the air: December in Texas weaves its own tapestry, as distinct as are the regions of the state,  and as welcoming.  Continue reading Music For December in Texas →