{"id":24397,"date":"2015-08-06T16:20:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T00:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=24397"},"modified":"2015-08-06T16:20:37","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T00:20:37","slug":"old-spanish-days-are-on-in-santa-barbara-watchlisten-to-helado-negros-young-latin-and-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-08\/old-spanish-days-are-on-in-santa-barbara-watchlisten-to-helado-negros-young-latin-and-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"“Old Spanish Days” Are On In Santa Barbara: Watch\/Listen to Helado Negro’s “Young, Latin and Proud”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve been fans of Brooklyn’s Helado Negro<\/strong>\u00a0ever since we first heard his great song Ghost Dance<\/strong> <\/em><\/a>over two years ago. \u00a0But we became even bigger fans after catching his superb croon-filled sets as opener on label-mate Sufjan Stevens’ <\/strong>recent\u00a0<\/strong>tour. \u00a0Helado Negro<\/strong> has just released a new video for his emotive song Young, Latin and Proud.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 About the song, Roberto Carlos Lange<\/strong> (he is Helado Negro) has said \u201ccontemporary Latino culture is underrepresented and consistently confused with cliches that haunt more commercial representations. \u00a0My interest in creating this song was always a private one, a possible dialogue between me and a very young me. Singing me to sleep after a long day, letting me know that it’s okay to be young, Latin and proud.\u201d \u00a0The minimalist animation of the video below limns well the subtly powerful song. \u00a0To be both we say: bravo!<\/p>\n