Sounds of Cultura (SOC): Land of a Thousand Dances

July 28, 2016
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Land of a Thousand Dances is a play produced by New Carpa Company and it is about Cannibal and the Headhunters, an American band from East Los Angeles. They were one of the first Mexican-American groups to have a national hit record with “Land of a Thousand Dances.” James Garcia of New Carpa Theater Company talks about the story behind the band.

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