There's a place in Mexico City that's filled with thousands of musical instruments from all over Latin America — some of them more than 100 years old. It's not a museum or music school. It's an ...
A worker organizes a set of seized guns in the workshop of Mexican sculptor Pedro Reyes, in Mexico City, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2013. The guns that have caused so many deaths in northern Mexico are ...
Two of Mexico’s most prominent artists, Carla Fernández and Pedro Reyes, have created a joint exhibit to promote social change in Mexico. Double Agents includes a 15-foot-tall banner map of the First ...
Mariachi de Uclatlán at UCLA practices the various styles of mariachi music, such as son jalisciense and huapango. The ensemble features both more traditionally Western instruments, such as the harp, ...
Belmont Shore’s Martin Espino has been experimenting with music since he first picked up a classical guitar when he was 11. “To put it simply,” he said. “I make a living making strange sounds.” Now 65 ...
BABY ON BOARD: David Wax and Suz Slezak of Mexico-Americana band David Wax Museum now tour with their infant daughter, Slezak's father and a number of "road uncles." Photo courtesy of the band When ...
Guillermo Contreras strums the five-string guitarra de golpe. There's a place in Mexico City that's filled with thousands of musical instruments from all over Latin America — some of them more than ...
One man in Mexico City has amassed a collection that spans the country's history, from precolonial times to the present. Guillermo Contreras says... With No Museum, Thousands Of Mexican Instruments ...