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Tag: Popular Music

Jorell Meléndez-Badillo Discusses Puerto Rico and Pop Culture with WORT

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Is Puerto Rico the most important place in the world? Jorell Meléndez-Badillo thinks there’s a case to be made.  On March 17, the CLS affiliate faculty member shared his thoughts about the archipelago’s influence on global popular culture with Carlos Dávalos, guest host of “A Public Affair” on community radio station WORT. He noted that, …

A History Lesson from Bad Bunny and Jorell Meléndez-Badillo

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Reggaetón songs introducing millions to Puerto Rican history? A UW-Madison professor collaborating with an internationally recognized popular music star?  Yes, and yes!  Jorell Meléndez Badillo, a CLS affiliate faculty member in the History Department, recently created seventeen brief Spanish-language synopses of important moments in the island’s history from 1508 to the present that now accompany …