Swinging to Latin beats: Cultures converged at the Palladium after it opened to artists popularizing mambo and cha-cha
by By Randall Roberts, Los Angeles Times
Aug 31, 2017
2 minutes
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LOS ANGELES - If Sunset Boulevard represents a kind of metaphorical artery pumping rhythms across the city and around the world, worth examining is how those sounds were built, heard and danced to.
"We always need a through line, and I'm intrigued by the street itself as the through line that cuts east to west," says Anthony Macias, assistant professor of ethnic studies
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