#american-pop-culture

#american-pop-culture

My relationship with English began by force. Growing up in A Coruña, Spain, in the early 2000s, we were told that learning a second language was just as important as memorizing the multiplication table. After the 2008 financial crisis left the Spanish economy " melting down like a Dali horrorscape," as one Atlantic writer put it, English became what seemed like our national salvation, a one-way ticket to a better future abroad.

Chuck Mangione, the flugelhorn and trumpet player whose 1977 smooth jazz hit "Feels So Good" made a significant impact on American pop culture, has passed away at 84.