The Music Scene

I have lived here for three years and one of the few issues I have is the predominant hegemony/what evs of gringo music.

Why would you come to another country and want to hear classic rock from the RofNA? Why do the bars and restaurants feel compelled to hire musicians who play the same stuff gringos can hear back home? Why do gringos patronize such establishments?

Viva the local musicians who play Latino musica.

Oh - and the gringo women clapping their hands and singing ‘ba ba baa’ to Sweet Caroline ….

So the 26,000 that watched Iron Maiden in Mexico City before the pandemic were all gringos as there is no way any Mexican would like rock. So once I step foot in Mexico everything should change? I could say the same thing about getting out and experiencing real Mexico and not staying within 3 blocks of the beach. Everyone has their own idea of what they want as a vacation. This last trip one restaurant in Barrió Viejo told us we were the first gringos at their restaurant and they have been opened for 5 years. They were even nice enough to attempt to teach my wife how to make tortillas on a cómal. Somehow I don’t feel the need as to tell everyone what they should be doing.