“…if you know your history then you would know where you’re coming from.” Bob Marley, “Buffalo Soldier”
“…hay que aprender a desaprender no es contradicción es enmendarse / We must learn to unlearn, this is not a contradiction, it is a form of healing.” Cultura Profetica, “Ideas nuevas”
“La era está pariendo un corazón, no puede mas se muere de dolor / This era is birthing a heart, it can no longer endure its pain.” Silvio Rodríguez, “La era está pariendo un corazón”
I love music, everything that I love is filled with it, like the memories of mami and papi dancing to the greatest Fania salsa records in Venezuela, the sounds of my daughter learning the saxophone, and the intensity of my husband transcribing jazz solos. When I first read the articles in this collection, the silence of my quiet office was filled with sounds of songs I love....
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