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Jorge N. Leal—UC Riverside. History Department Bio

RockArchivoLA – The Archive of Southern California’s Latinx Youth and Musical Cultures.

Professor Leal’s Guidelines for Letters of Recommendation

"Rock Archivo de LÁ Mapping Transnational Latinx Music Scenes." Aztlán Journal 2024

“Seremos capaces de pensar por nuestra cuenta (We’re capable of thinking on our own): 1990s Immigrant Los Angeles and Latin American Intellectual and Publishing Traditions”—Printing History, 2022

"Mapping Ephemeral Music Forums in Latina/o Los Angeles." California History Journal. 2020.

Podcast—The Discursive Power of Rock en español and the Desire for Democracy

"UC Riverside professor Jorge Leal dives into Rock en Español history in podcast" Daily News, July 21, 2023

Mariachi singer reveals how she became part of Kendrick Lamar’s latest album

Redefining the Language of Learning (UCR Magazine Spring 24)

Listening Guide: Intro to Latin American Music | LA Phil

"The nostalgia of rock en español and its early fight for democracy" L.A. Times. July 14, 2023

"Want to know L.A.'s Latinx story? Follow the music posters" June, 2021.

Interview on KCRW's "Greater LA" about Ric Fazekas' life in L.A.'s Latin Alternative Scene. 6/8/201

187: The Rise of the Latino Vote

Conferencia "L.A. Scenes: music, communities and heritage in Los Angeles"

"Este historiador documenta los mapas del rock en español durante los años 90 en Los Ángeles" Entrevista con Telemundo Julio, 2020

"Concert-going Latinx youth mapped a unique sense of community within 1990s Los Angeles" CityLab. July, 2020.

The Archivers! Video of the Zoom Conversation. July 1st, 2020.

Music Preservation Projects: Using Archives to Raise Visibility for the Forgotten (June 2020)

"Ey Foo You A Rocker" Episode 14: El Profesor Implacable"

Jorge N. Leal Review: "The Heart of the Mission: Latino Art and Politics in San Francisco," by Cary Cordova

"La historia latinx, en fotografías." New York Times. Agosto, 2019.

José José Rock en Español Covers

"Preserving Latinx History Through Vintage Photos" New York Times. August, 2019.

"Arts+Culture past, present, future" Panel participation at the LA Times Festival of Books, 2018.

"This Instagram Is An Archive of Rock en Español’s Golden Years in Los Angeles." Remezcla, May 2018.

"Esta cuenta de Instagram hace un recuento del rock en español de los 90 y 2000 en California" Kobini. Mayo, 2018

"10 Instagram Accounts Documenting Overlooked Parts of Latino and Latin American History." Remezcla, November, 2017.

"VPAM roundtable focuses on influences of Latino Culture." ELAC Campus News, December 2016.

"Influential Chicanos Made Playlists Using the Songs That Shaped Their Youth." KCET. February, 2017.