Gencie’s journey in music

  The Tango of Argentina is a combination of flamenco, polka and African dances that is very important to Argentina. The Tango originated in Buenos Aires in the 18th century and has become one of the most famous dances in the world. The tango is important because it brought together European immigrants, Argentinian indigenous people and former slaves. It is known to have shaped Argentina culture and its society. Due to prohibition and dictatorships the dance was considered illegal and was forced underground before it came back out in the 1980’s. The Tango is known to have a strong repetitive rhythm like a pulse. The music was so popular because there was a large range of music and could be played all through the night. The focus of the actual dance part of the tango is to match the speed and emotion of the music with improvised steps in between. It is danced by two people, usually one male and one female. It can be more open like the leader and the follower dance at arms length or...

  The person that I chose to interview was my mother. She was born in the late 1960’s and grew up in the time where music was up roaring. Her dad worked long hours on the railroads and her mom was a seamstress that worked from home with her and her sister. My mom grew up with a sister that she was not that close with in age. She has grown up going to all sorts of different concerts and listening to many different genres of music. She said that her earliest memory of music was the songs her dad used to listen to on the radio, typically old school country. She also mentioned that the tv was rarely on, but if it was it would typically be showing old time country shows that had instruments like the banjo. When I asked her about who and what music she listened to growing up and going into high school she said “Madonna was always on in my car as well as George Micheal”. For her when she listened to music it was either in the car, or on the radio in the wall at her house and friends house...