José Luis Perales A Mis Amigos

José Luis Fernández Ledesma is a big name in the Mexican avant-garde musical scene. He is acknowledged as an adventurous creator and a proficient musician: his performing skills include guitars, keyboards, various ethnic wind, string and percussion instruments, something like a Mike Oldfield with a RIO heart. His first steps in the world of prog took place in Nirgal Vallis, a band contemporary of Iconoclast and others, that never got to release a proper LP. After the band disbanded, Fernández Ledesma began his solo venture determined to explore his unique musical vision. Singer/keyboardist Margarita Botello is his recurrent partner in almost all his records…

L’ouvrage de José Luis Romero constitue un condensé remarquable de l’histoire de la conquête de l’Amérique du Sud et du développement par les villes de ce continent. Il situe son analyse à partir de l’Europe et, plus particulièrement, de la péninsule ibérique à la fin du XIVe siècle, et la poursuit jusqu’à l’Amérique latine du XXe siècle. Quatre décennies après sa publication, cet ouvrage est devenu un classique de l’historiographie latino-américaine. …