the wild classics

A few weeks ago two iconic authors of the popular song in the 20th century, Silvio Rodríguez and Bob Dylan, released two separate albums. This fact made us think about how we relate to the work of classical artists. And while we're at it, what is a classic?

With these ideas as a guiding thread, we launch into the third episode of AM:PM cassettes, which on this occasion summoned the musicologist and cultural manager Carla Mesa, our collaborator Iván Egüed and the actor Luis Alberto García.

Should these “savages” —as some of our guests preferred to call them, in an attempt to get away from labels— reinvent themselves or die? Once again the old (and by no means dead) controversy of repetition or originality in those musicians is brought to the table. mainstream that we love so much

So that the 49 minutes that follow, in addition to being delicious due to the debate that they provoke, function as a spring that brings us back to the work of many of the artists mentioned here. Because in the end, what is the life of a music lover without his "wild classics"?