The second installment in our SoundStory series, A Crack in the Pavement explores the legacies of Mexican rock star Rita Guerrero and Mexican poet Sergio Loo, and how their lives intertwine.

A Crack in the Pavement was written and hosted by Greg Brownderville, Executive Producer of SoundStory.

A Crack in the Pavement was recorded and produced by Spencer Kenney and Greg Brownderville. It was sound-designed, mixed, and mastered by Spencer Kenney. Spencer Kenney also recorded the acoustic cover of the Joy Division song “Love Will Tear Us Apart.”

The theme music for SoundStory is ”Spearman 1974” by Hayden Pedigo.

Special thanks to Alejandro Springall for letting us use his film studio in Coyoacan for conducting interviews and to Jaguars in the Attic Studios in Dallas, TX.

Special thanks also to Jonathan Minila, Alex Otaola, Julián Herbert, Carolina Hernandez, Iliana Vargas, Annie McDermott, New Pony Managing Editor Robert Rea, Associate Editor Sylvia Georgina Estrada, Marketing Director Kieran Danielson, and translator Alex Olvera.

Thanks also to Steve Keene for the custom art for Sergio Loo’s poem “A Song for Rita” in the fall 2024 special music issue of Southwest Review, to Julie Savasky for overseeing the print design, and to James Kelleway for web services.

Big thanks to Southern Methodist University, especially to the Department of English and to Elizabeth Loboa and Daniel Eady in the Provost’s Office. SMU’s support makes all of this possible.