Can music connect you to a culture you grew up with — or one you didn't?🎶 Playlist here: https://playrecordpodcast.sdz.sh/hispanic-heritage-month

Here are the artists we discuss in this episode:

- Juan Gabriel

- Morrissey

- The Smiths

- Alice Bag / The Bags

- Julio Iglesias

- Ricky Martin

- Rage Against the Machine / Zack de la Rocha

- Shakira

- Bad Bunny

- Ceshia Ubau

- Los Lobos

- Ritchie Valens

- CECI CECI

- Violeta Parra

- Víctor Jara

- Kacey Musgraves

- The Germs

- Tom WaitsFor Hispanic Heritage Month, we're talking about the ways music can shape our understanding of culture, identity and where we come from.

Jess grew up Nicaraguan American in a Spanish-speaking household, with Spanish-language music playing at family gatherings and on Saturday mornings. Tyler has Mexican heritage on his mother's side, but grew up largely disconnected from that culture after earlier generations of his family assimilated into American life. Music became one of the ways each of us connected — and reconnected — with those parts of ourselves. We talk about growing up between cultures, discovering music from Latin America as adults, artists who cross cultural and language barriers, and whether you need to share someone's background to find something meaningful in their music.Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:30 Music, culture & Hispanic Heritage Month

00:53 Growing up Nicaraguan American

05:50 Tyler’s Mexican heritage & assimilation

09:00 Shakira, Bad Bunny & crossing cultural boundaries

12:50 Discovering Nicaraguan artist Ceshia Ubau

14:24 Tyler’s picks: Los Lobos & Chicano music

16:46 Jess’s picks: CECI & new Nicaraguan music

18:50 Violeta Parra, Víctor Jara & Latin American folk music

21:30 Music, politics & cultural identity

23:49 Shakira makes the mix

25:30 Alice Bag, The Bags & Chicano punk

27:30 Final thoughts🎧 Listen to Play Record▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PlayRecordPodcast🟢 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/033DtFWQBaLPMiNYgykjdD?si=9c33ee347d174619🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/play-record-podcast/id6783468122🎙️ Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/63224d90-334e-4339-a7f8-bdcc7ddabe9f/play-record-podcast📱 Follow Play Record📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/playrecordpod/🎤 About Play RecordPlay Record is a music podcast hosted by Jess and Tyler, where every episode starts with a theme and turns into stories, debates, nostalgia, and the songs that shaped our lives.Whether we're talking about mixtapes, guilty pleasures, forgotten albums, heartbreak songs, or the perfect soundtrack for a night swim, every episode celebrates the memories behind the music.❤️ If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to like, subscribe, and leave a comment. We'd love to hear your picks!🎵 What's on your playlist?#MusicPodcast #Playlists #Mixtapes #MusicLovers #NowPlaying