TM Audio subscribers have access to this episode one week early. Visit our FAQ page to learn how to link your subscription to your podcast app. This week’s guest on Viva Tejano, Dusty Oliveira—who DJs as El Dusty—helped lead the revival and reinvention of cumbia, most notably with his 2018 debut album, Cumbia City. His influences, and his collaborators, are all over the map. But he’s also fiercely loyal to Texas, especially his hometown of Corpus Christi, the epicenter of the tejano boom of the nineties. “I’d get hated on big-time, so I’ve seen it. Now those same people are wearing cowboy hats, they’re wearing big boots, and they’re listening to corridos in their garage. It’s like, ‘Bro, we’re all the same.’ ” —El Dusty(Read a transcript of…
The post TM Audio Exclusive: El Dusty on Reinventing Cumbia and Melting the Hearts of Tejano-Music Haters appeared first on Texas Monthly.
Read: Read More