In romantic love, I've often wielded disillusionment as armor. This conditioning emerged after a series of breakups that followed a familiar pattern: An incorrigible partner, unwilling to open ...

"Marriage is hell on earth if you're not happy," says a character early in Jose Rivera's "Boleros for the Disenchanted," receiving its world preem at Yale Rep. Rivera embraces marriage’s — and life’s ...

Boleros for the Disenchanted: Drama. By José Rivera. Directed by Carey Perloff. With Rachel Ticotin, Robert Beltran, Lela Loren, Drew Cortese. (Through May 31. American Conservatory Theater, 415 Geary ...

FUNNY how it all works out, but Carmen woke up my Mexicanness. That in itself is not unusual, but what is, however, is that she is a Madrilena (native of Madrid, Spain). As I walked into her piso ...

About 20 years ago, Adrian Quesada was driving at night in his home base of Austin, Texas, when he heard something that made him turn up the volume: “Esclavo y Amo,” a psychedelic love song recorded ...

For the past few years, Adrian Quesada of Black Pumas fame has injected new life into the 19th-century bolero. Inspired by the traditional Latin American ballad and psychedelic recordings of the ...

In his moving and poignant play “Boleros for the Disenchanted,” Jose Rivera captures the essence of love and commitment with power and poetry. The story begins with a young woman in Puerto Rico in ...

In Boleros Psicodélicos II, the Texas musician revisits songs by Los Pasteles Verdes, Los Ángeles Negros, Joseles & more. By Natalia Cano In music and art, the search for identity is fundamental.

The bolero is a form of love song that originated in Cuba in the 19th century. It came into its own after mostly Mexican composers, working in the 1940s, wrote songs that became popular throughout the ...

Speaking with musician and producer Adrian Quesada elicits a calming effect, as if a salve has been applied to the people conversing with him. His voice moves and bounces with intrigue and interest, ...

Producer Adrian Quesada and guest vocalists perform songs from Boleros Psicodelicos. Black Pumas founder and visionary producer Adrian Quesada brings to life the music of his acclaimed ...

Speaking with musician and producer Adrian Quesada elicits a calming effect, as if a salve has been applied to the people conversing with him. His voice moves and bounces with intrigue and interest, ...