wo decades ago, Spanish-language music fans and creators were used to code-switching. Now the very idea of Latin “crossover” has become passé.
about the history of Latin pop on the Billboard charts. Eduardo tells Chris about balancing his fandoms for mainstream American music with his family’s Spanish-language music in his younger years, and offers a critical lens to the Anglophone crossover attempts of the stars of the turn-of-the-millennium Latin popThen Eduardo gives Chris a brief history of reggaeton, and shares his current artists to watch within the genre.
Next, Chris quizzes a Slate Plus listener with some music trivia, and the contestant turns the tables with a chance to try to stump Chris with a question of his own. Then, Chris teases the upcoming full-length episode of Hit Parade, which will look at the career of piano man and master of pastiche Billy Joel.Like many media organizations at the moment, Slate is getting hit pretty hard by what’s going on with the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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