12:09 pm By la Macha · Tejano Culture|Texas · 4 Comments
1 Apr 2010Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of Selena Quintanilla Perez’s murder. Can you believe that? It’s been fifteen years. I still remember the day she was murdered–the confusion, the anger, the overwhelming sadness. Just thinking about how much life I’ve lived in the past fifteen years–kids, jobs, partnerships, sunrises, thunderstorms–makes me sure that Selena just didn’t get the time she should’ve.
What memories do you have of Selena?
4:23 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Entertainment|Music|Tejano Culture · 6 Comments
31 Mar 200914 years ago, Tejano music and Mexican American culture lost one of its most beloved artists. Selena was gunned down at the age of 23 outside of a hotel in her hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas 14 years ago today, on March 31st, 1995. Her funeral brought fans from all over the country to Corpus (myself among them) to bid a final farewell to the amazing artist and humanitarian.
14 years later, Selena’s legacy lives on. Her music is unparalleled in the Tejano genre, a genre she proudly represented as much as she proudly represented her Texas-Mexican (a.k.a. Tejano) heritage. There have been many imitators since, but there will never be another Selena.
If you’ve never heard Selena’s music or heard her perform, you’ll get a taste of her at her best in the above clip from her last concert.
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