David Vila (The Rumba Madre) Email and Phone Number

David Vila (Eibar) is a songwriter, musician, author, and Assistant Professor in the School of World Languages and Cultures with research interests in contemporary Spanish culture and literature; Iberian studies; Basque, Galician and Portuguese culture, literature and languages; subcultural and punk studies; contemporary Iberian and Latin-American popular music; and the relationship between contemporary popular culture and political activism. He is currently working on a book entitled “Spanish Punk: Screaming for Democracy in a Post-Dictatorial State" that explores punk as an underground cultural movement that opposed the way democracy was established in Spain and fueled different contemporary social movements. The book will be published in 2025 by PM Press. He has organized and participated in different panels on music and cultural studies and has also published on punk and critical pedagogies. He is also one of the founding members and editors of the cultural magazine Furman217 and singer of the Latinx Alternative band The Rumba Madre .