By Catalina Maria Johnson – npr.org – Photo: Erika Maldo/Courtesy of the Artist.
Photo: Simuchi Xeenoj (Princess of the Comcáac Nation) and Zoraida Romero.
Over the centuries, the mestizo music of Latinx culture emerged from the collisions — by choice, chance or force — of Africans, Europeans and indigenous peoples. Today, we highlight two different artists’ paths in exploring the First Nations and pueblo originario roots of Latinx music.
