Globalization is one of those topics, along with religion and politics, that should be banned from dinner table conversation. Except when we're talking about music. Take this recipe: for 500 years, allow the indigenous Flamenco sound of Andalusia to ferment with the folk music of the Chilean Andes, add a dash of rock and roll, move it all to western Canada, and you have the rooted, relentless, passionate sound of the guitarist Oscar Lopez. Blending the soul of gypsy music with the swagger of a rocker, Oscar toca la guitarra con mucho gusto.
The Chilean exile's passion for music has led him to all corners of the musical globe, but in the end he's returned to the nylon-stringed wooden box he calls home. Oscar Lopez, music without borders, musica sur barreras.
