Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Santo Domingo Blues - The Story of Bachata

Afropop Worldwide

English - September 15, 2023 00:17 - 59 minutes - 54.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 281 ratings
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Bachata is a music of the people. Recalling the American blues, bachata was infamous as the anthem of the hard-drinking, womanizing, down-on-his-luck man, vilified as the entertainment of the brothels and the cabarets, and worshipped by the down-trodden poor as the deepest expression of their feelings. Today it is an international sensation. Alex Wolfe, director of the film "Santo Domingo Blues: The Story of Bachata" brings us live ambience and stories of bachata stars Luis Vargas, Antony Santos, Luis Segura, and Aridia Ventura.