
Episode notes
In episode 7 of Travel Notes, host Grace McNally sits down with Dr. Michael O'brien - multi-instrumentalist, ethnomusicologist and head of the Music Department at the College of Charleston. Together they explore an Argentinian carnival art called the Murga Porteña, and specifically a character named the Bombo con Platillo who plays an instrumental and sometimes controversial roll not only in carnival but also Argentinian politics, soccer and feminist movements. Vamos!
Keywords
music travel
music history
carnival
argentina
murga porteña
feminism
latin america
south america
soccer
politics