Linda Escobar
Linda Escobar (born in 1957) is an American singer-songwriter. Referred to as the "Queen of
Career
Linda Escobar was born in 1957
Escobar's family relocated to
Escobar won a Female Vocalist of the Year at the West Texas Music Awards in 1987.
Escobar started the El Veterano (The Veteran) Conjunto Festival,[6] in 1998.[12] It started off as a three-day Memorial Day event, before transitioning to a single-day festival within a few years.[12] She started the festival in honor of her father and to raise money for the Eligio Escobar Scholarship Fund.[4] The festival pays tribute to American war veterans on Veterans Day, and showcases Tejano conjunto music, concluding with the awarding of a music scholarship. In 2000, the festival included a performance by the Japanese conjunto group known as Kenji Katsube y Los Gatos de Japon, which drew criticism from those in attendance. Most attendees were veterans who served in World War II in Japan and held certain reservations towards Japanese people. Despite objections from attendees, including some relatives, Kenji Katsube y Los Gatos de Japon were permitted to perform.[1] She later married Kenji "El Gato" Katsube.[7] By 2020, the festival had given out 27 scholarships.[12]
American music scholar, Alejandro L. Madrid, examined the El Veterano Conjunto Festival through the lenses of cultural citizenship and necro-citizenship in his book Transnational Encounters (2011). Drawing from Renato Rosaldo's concept of cultural citizenship and Lazaro Lima's interpretation of necro-citizenship as articulated by Russ Castronovo, Madrid's assessment highlighted how El Veterano served as an expression of belonging to the United States within the context of Mexican American cultural forms, thus embodying the concept of cultural citizenship.[6] In 2011, her single "Amigo Freddy Fender" ranked as the most popular requested song on KEDA AM, one of the top conjunto/Tejano radio stations.[6]
On July 31, 2014,
During her music career, she became one of the "most important women" in her genre along with
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Edmondson 2013.
- ^ a b c Díaz-Santana Garza & Clark 2021, p. 93.
- ^ Madrid 2011, pp. 222, 227, 229.
- ^ a b c d e Jasinski 2012.
- ^ a b Medina 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g Madrid 2011, p. 208.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Stieb 2015.
- ^ Bauer 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Ehrlich 2020.
- ^ a b c Medina 2023.
- ^ a b Hudson 2022.
- ^ a b c Díaz-Barriga & Dorsey 2020.
- ^ Anon. 2014, p. E1310.
- ^ Medina 2017.
- ^ Medina 2017a.
- ^ Falcon 2019.
- ^ Anon. 2019.
- ^ Medina 2020.
Works cited
- ISBN 9780199876112.
- Díaz-Santana Garza, Luis; Clark, Walter Aaron (2021). Between norteño and tejano conjunto: music, tradition and culture at the U.S.-Mexico border. Lexington Books. ISBN 9781793638991.
- Edmondson, Jacqueline (2013). Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs Styles Stars and Stories That Shaped Our Culture. ISBN 978-0313393471.
- Díaz-Barriga, Miguel; Dorsey, Margaret E. (2020). Fencing in democracy: necrocitizenship and the US-Mexico border wall. ISBN 9781478007470.
- Hudson, Kathleen A. (2022). Corazón Abierto Mexican American Voices in Texas Music. ISBN 9781623499037.
- Jasinski, Laurie E. (2012). Handbook of Texas Music. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 9780876112977.
- Bauer, Erin E. (2023). Flaco's Legacy The Globalization of Conjunto. ISBN 9780252054297.
- Medina, John Henry (April 14, 2023). "Linda Escobar reveals cancer diagnosis". Tejano Nation. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- Ehrlich, Allison (March 1, 2020). "Influential Women of South Texas: Linda Escobar". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- Stieb, Matt (May 13, 2015). "La Hija Del Pueblo: Linda Escobar's 50-Year Tejano Career". San Antonio Current. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- Falcon, Meagan (June 8, 2019). "South Texas Music Walk of Fame inducts five new artists in downtown Corpus Christi". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. Retrieved October 12, 2023.
- Medina, John Henry (November 20, 2018). "Conjunto legend Linda Escobar plans Tejano album in 2019". Tejano Nation. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- Medina, John Henry (May 22, 2017). "Linda Escobar releases new album dedicated to her mother [AUDIO]". Tejano Nation. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- "Congressional Record > August 1, 2014" (PDF). Congress.gov. August 1, 2014. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- Medina, John Henry (October 16, 2017). "Linda Escobar inducted into 6th annual La Música del Sur de Tejas". Tejano Nation. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- Medina, John Henry (December 4, 2020). "Shelly Lares leads nominations for 40th annual Tejano Music Awards". Tejano Nation. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- "Past Tejano Music Awards Winners 1981 to Present". Tejano Music Awards. Retrieved October 18, 2023.