Born in America, Heart in Mexico
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American musician Shawn Kiehne, aka El Gringo, whose passion for Mexican culture is found not only in his love for norteño music, but also in his song lyrics in Spanish that champion the struggles of rural working class labor and immigrants, and against the Bush administration's plans to fortify the U.S.-Mexico border with a wall. Keihne -- who grew up in Los Lunas, New Mexico, in a German-American family -- is distinctive in that not only is he an emerging singer writing and performing music in a Latino genre, but genuinely embraces and identifies with Mexican culture.
ABQJournal.com's Bruce Daniels writes about Shawn Kiehne as profiled in Josh Kun's article in a New York Times article, "Born in America, Heart in Mexico" (20 July 2008); the NYT's article also offers sample audio. The NYT article is currently available online here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/arts/music/20kun.html.
Photo: Shawn Kiehne, aka "El Gringo". John Burcham for The New York Times. Source info courtesy of ABQJournal.com, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the New York Times.
ABQJournal.com's Bruce Daniels writes about Shawn Kiehne as profiled in Josh Kun's article in a New York Times article, "Born in America, Heart in Mexico" (20 July 2008); the NYT's article also offers sample audio. The NYT article is currently available online here: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/20/arts/music/20kun.html.
Photo: Shawn Kiehne, aka "El Gringo". John Burcham for The New York Times. Source info courtesy of ABQJournal.com, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the New York Times.
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