Radio Cuba Canta

Esta Noche/TONITE: Saturday, October 31st!


This month's Radio Cuba Canta has a potpurri that we hope you will enjoy. Beginning with some musica guajira with Nico Saquito, then we move to some great Conjuntos like Casino, Kubavana, and some nice surprises. Later we get into a Charanga vein then on to some live airchecks from the 1950s building up to one of the most important descargas ever recorded. Following the Community Music Calender, we conclude the show with some great contemporary Cuban music.

Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C'Ton" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast:
Saturday October 31, 2009 - 9pm Pacific
    (12 Midnight Eastern)
KPFA 94.1 FM - San Francisco Bay & Northern California -
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

Live on the web at: www.kpfa.org

REPLAY FROM THE CUBA CANTA ARCHIVE
Mp3 / iTunes Podcast:
   Radio Cuba Canta - October 31, 2009
 (available immediately after broadcast)


More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315


Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

Listen to previous broadcasts & specials of Radio Cuba Canta with Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria from his collection of rare and vintage Cuban music recordings:

90th Birthday Tribute to Benny Moré:
Mp3 / iTunes Podcast:   Radio Cuba Canta - August 29, 2009


"Mujeres de la musica cubana" / Women of Cuban Music
Mp3 / iTunes Podcast: Radio Cuba Canta - March 28, 2009


Tribute to Ricardo Abreu
aka Papin of Los Munequitos de Matanzas
Mp3 Podcast: Radio Cuba Canta - May 30, 2009


Tributo a Joe Cuba and 'Cachaito' Lopez
Mp3 Podcast: Radio Cuba Canta - February 28, 2009

Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C'Ton" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores


Live Broadcast:
Last Saturday each month - 9pm Pacific
    (12 Midnight Eastern)
KPFA 94.1 FM - San Francisco Bay & Northern California -
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno
Live on the web at: www.kpfa.org


More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315


Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

Esta Noche/TONITE: Saturday, August 29th!

This week, Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts a special tribute commemorating the 90th Birthday of "El Barbaro del Ritmo", Benny Moré!


Broadcast veteran and Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria will present his rare and vintage collection of Benny Moré, from his earliest recordings with the Conjunto Matamoros in 1945 to his final recording made in his home a few weeks before his death in 1963.

We will feature Benny with popular orchestras of the late 40s and early 50s in Mexico and Cuba, including Rafael de Paz, Mariano Mercerón, Conjunto Humberto Cane, Ernesto Duarte, and, of course, Damaso Perez Prado. In addition, we will feature Benny’s Banda Gigante in both studio and live settings, as well as seldom heard recordings from early in Benny Moré’s career.


Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C'Ton" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast:
Saturday August 29, 2009 - 9pm Pacific
    (12 Midnight Eastern)
KPFA 94.1 FM - San Francisco Bay & Northern California -
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

On the web at: www.kpfa.org


REPLAY FROM THE CUBA CANTA ARCHIVE
Mp3 / iTunes Podcast:
   Radio Cuba Canta - August 29, 2009


More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315


Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

RETURNING THIS WEEK: Saturday, August 29th!

This week, Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts a special tribute commemorating the 90th Birthday of "El Barbaro del Ritmo", Benny Moré!


Radio promo for Benny More broadcast special:
Promo for Radio Cuba Canta - August 29, 2009 - Mp3




Broadcast veteran and Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria will present his rare and vintage collection of Benny Moré, from his earliest recordings with the Conjunto Matamoros in 1945 to his final recording made in his home a few weeks before his death in 1963.

Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C'Ton" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast:
Saturday August 29, 2009 - 9pm Pacific
(12 Midnight Eastern)
KPFA 94.1 FM - San Francisco Bay & Northern California -
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

On the web at: www.kpfa.org

Hear the promotion with Benny's music for Saturday's broadcast::
Promo for Radio Cuba Canta - August 29, 2009 - Mp3


More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315


Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

Guest host for Con Sabor: Emiliano hosts the monthly installment of Cuba Canta on KPFA FM. Features a bit of Danzon, seasoned with Conjuntos, a dash of Jazz Bands, sprinkled with Carnaval & Charangas, and cooked with Timba. Community Calendar at 10:30, Station Electorial news following a little bit of Celia.

Highlights include: the original version from 1919 of "La Mora” on the last recording made by Pablo Valenzuela, to the Timba of today. Arsenio Rodriguez, Chano Pozo, Miguelito Valdes, Orquesta Melodias del 40 & Orquesta Sencsacion bring the sounds of Afro Cuban music at its finest for you tonight. Also a rare, seldom heard recording of Beny More near the beginning of his career.

More info at Radio Cuba Canta:
Radio Cuba Canta - Benny More 90th Birthday Broadcast Tribute


Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Co-host and Broadcast production operator: C'Ton
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Broadcast: June 27, 2009 - 9 pm PST / 12 midnight EST
KPFA 94.1 FM - in SF Bay Area & Northern California -
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

Live on the web at: www.kpfa.org

REPLAY FROM THE CUBA CANTA ARCHIVE
(available immediately after broadcast):

Mp3 / iTunes Podcast:
   Cuba Canta - June 27, 2009 - Mp3


More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315


Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.