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What will the US-Mexico border sound like in 200 years?
An experimental album created by USC Dornsife fellow Jonathan Leal and producer Charlie Vela celebrates the musical traditions of the South Texas borderlands, while also warning us of what the future could hold.
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July 14, 2021
An imagined concert held in an abandoned space rocket facility is at the center of the multimedia music project created by incoming Assistant Professor of English Jonathan Leal and music producer Charlie Vela. (Image: Courtesy of Futuro Conjunto.)
Music producer Charlie Vela was in line at a grocery store in South Texas as Hurricane Harvey barreled towards land. Despite the dire weather report, most residents were certain the storm would pass with little effect. In had been 12 years since the last hurricane had touched down in the region and Texans were mostly just expecting heavy rain.