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Posted On 26 December, 2009 at 12/26/2009
TONIGHT: Saturday, December 26th!
Tonight, Radio Cuba Canta presents our 22nd Anniversary Broadcast Tribute to the 'Father of Salsa'", El Ciego Maravilloso", Arsenio Rodriguez!
Broadcast veteran and Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria will present gems from his rare and vintage collection of Arsenio's recordings throughout his career from Cuba to the United States.
Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "CTone" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores
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Listen: Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, December 26, 2009
Radio 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.
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Posted On 28 November, 2009 at 11/28/2009
Tonight, Radio Cuba Canta presents a tribute commemorating the long-awaited arrival of the great Cuban musical institution, Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro!
Host and Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria is joined by Luis Medina of KPFA's Con Sabor to present a special interview with members of Septeto Nacional, discussing the group's history since its formation in 1927, and its original founder, Ignacio Piñero.
Septeto Nacional was finally allowed to enter the United States and bring their classic Cuban son to enthusiastic audiences in New York, Miami and California. Their performances at Yoshi's Jazz Club in San Francisco quickly sold out. Other performances have been added, but are going fast!
The program will also feature a jam session in the KPFA Studios recorded by our own C-Tone with members of el Septeto joined by Bay Area Cuban son-fusion group Pellejo Seco, with special guest Tito Gonzalez.
'Radio Cuba Canta' broadcasts Saturday 9pm Pacific in the San Francisco Bay and Northern California (12 midnight Eastern). For more information about the upcoming program and others, visit: www.RadioCubaCanta.net
Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C'Tone" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores
Audio Archive
Listen: Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, November 28, 2009
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
Radio 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.
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
Radio 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.
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Posted On 27 June, 2009 at 6/27/2009
Con Sabor guest host Emiliano Echeverria brings 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 of the Danzon "La Mora” from 1919 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.
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
Radio 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.
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Posted On 03 June, 2009 at 6/03/2009
Falleció Jesús Alfonso Miró de Los Munequitos de Mantanzas
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(de Jorge González) :
Hermanos todos, lamento informarles de esta sensible pérdida de la cultura cubana.
Jorgito
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"Comunicado:
A las 6 y 45 minutos del día de hoy, 3 de junio de 2009, a los 60 años de edad, falleció en su ciudad natal, Jesús Alfonso Miró, director musical de Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, compositor y percusionista excepcional. Hijo de padres matanceros, único varón de la familia Alfonso Miró y padre de 8 hijos, todos dedicados a la rumba como músicos o bailarines. Dos de ellos han sido parte de esta agrupación y en la actualidad Freddy Jesús Alfonso Borges, dotado también de la destreza de su padre, es el quinto del grupo y ya comienza a seguir también su camino como autor de sentidas rumbas.
Como músico de Los Muñequitos Jesús conoció casi todos los continentes; donde quiera que estuvo sembró amigos, discípulos, brilló en cada escenario, pero nunca olvidó su raíz y vivió toda una vida orgulloso de su estirpe rumbera, saboreando cada esquina de su barrio: la Marina. Desde los siete años hasta la fecha, participó como músico y bailarín en la Comparsa La Imaliana, fundada por su padre y por Félix Vinagera. Por un tiempo fue integrante de la Orquesta de Música Moderna de su ciudad y el grupo de Papa Goza. Desde 1967 es Director Musical y quinto del grupo Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, agrupación a la que amó profundamente y dedicó la mayor parte de su vida.
Como compositor fue imprescindible en el repertorio de esa agrupación, siendo conocidas sus obras en el mundo entero, como autor de Congo Yambumba, la Llave, Chino Guaguao, Lengua de Obbara, Saludo a Nueva York, y muchas otras que ya son clásicos de la rumba cubana. Muchos intérpretes prestigiosos como Eddy Palmieri dan cuenta de la sabrosura y popularidad de sus obras, incluyéndolas en sus discos y mencionándolo como un imprescindible en la música de nuestro continente.
Siendo aún muy pequeño de edad, junto a otro de los grandes de Los Muñequitos: Ricardo Cané, Jesús Alfonso partió a las montañas de Cuba para alfabetizar a los campesinos, graduándose más tarde como joven maestro revolucionario. Por sus grandes aportes a la música y a su pueblo, le fue conferida la condición de Hijo Ilustre de la Ciudad de Matanzas.
Jesús Alfonso, perteneciente a la sociedad matancera Efí Irondó Itá Ibekó, respetuoso portador de la regla de Osha, será recordado por todo su pueblo y muy especialmente por los rumberos de todo el mundo. Su nombre nunca será olvidado, su recia voz indicando cómo tenía que vibrar la música y el sonido de sus manos en el cuero, perdurarán en la memoria de todos los que le conocimos y le reconocemos como uno de los más insignes músicos de todos los tiempos, porque Jesús fue a la rumba como Cuní o Chapottín al son. Jesús le dio a la rumba su vida toda. Su nombre está sin lugar a dudas, junto a Chano, Tata, Papín y todos los grandes de la música cubana. "
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Foto: Los Muñequitos de Matanzas - 1955
Videos de Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Cántalo pero bailalo "El marino": Yambú
De Cuba a Puerto Rico (De Parte De Jesus y "El Niño"
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Posted On 30 May, 2009 at 5/30/2009
Radio Cuba Canta - Broadcasting tonight on KPFA-FM: Tribute to Ricardo Abreu y Los Papines, los maestros de Guaguanco!
Tonight, Cuba Canta presents 2 hours of Guaguanco with Los Papines in a special dedicated to the late Ricardo Abreu, founder and leader of Los Papines.
Rarezas con Celeste Mendoza, Merceditas Valdes, Orquesta Aragon y otros.
If you're not in Bay area, we're streaming at KPFA.org or archived at RadioCubaCanta.net. We'll feature early and rare recordings along with some live surprises & some of their "big hits"....
Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores
Engineer C'Tone at the controls.
Listen NOW: Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, May 30, 2009
Today, Maestro Armando Peraza celebrates his 85th Birthday!
Armando, born in Havana, Cuba has been on the cutting edge of music spanning Afro-Cuban to Jazz to Rock with groups performers such as Conjunto Kubavana (with Potato Valdez), Slim Galliard, Machito, Perez Prado and Tito Puente.
While most of his Cuban compatriots settled in proximity of the 'Jazz Capital' - New York City - Armando has made the San Francisco Bay Area his home since the 1940s, becoming an imporant collaborator in the jazz scenes of the Fillmore District and the North Beach/Broadway area clubs of the late 50s/early 60s; and providing that Afro-Cuban rhythmic foundation for bandleaders such as George Shearing, Carlos Federico, Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader, Carlos Santana, The Machete Ensemble, and many more.
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Posted On 05 May, 2009 at 5/05/2009
Cinco de Mayo! Our special two-part program tonight celebrates this triumph of the Mexican people over the occupying French military forces and the reinstatement of President Benito Juarez, the first Indigenous president in the Americas.
Part One features News Headlines from the Americas, and an exclusive interview with San Francisco attorney Bill Martinez on the Hillary Clinton State Department's blocking of Cuban folk singer Silvio Rodriguez from performing with Pete Seeger in New York for his 90th Birthday celebration. Guest Chesa Boudin discusses his new book "Gringo" and his exciting travels in Latin America. We will hear excerpts from the works of Eduardo Galeano, the Uruguayan author whose books sales have risen since Hugo Chavez gifted President Obama with a copy. We add the lively spice of musica, as well as a calendar of upcoming cultural events.
In Part Two, Mr. Chuch offers the story of Cinco de Mayo, with a mix of musica, history, poetry y mas! Enjoy the fiesta!
Produced by Vanesa Bohm, Carmen Andrea Rivera, CTone, Julieta Kusnir, Emiliano Echeverria, Ventura Longoria and Nina Serrano.
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Posted On 03 May, 2009 at 5/03/2009
03 May 2009: Letter from Louis Head of US-Cuba Cultural Exchange re Failure of US state dept to issue visa for Silvio Rodriguez U.S. State Department fails to issue visa for Silvio Rodríguez
Act NOW to demand entry for Cuban artists and professionals
Following is the text of an email from Silvio Rodríguez (English, then Spanish original), regarding the failure of the United States State Department to issue him an entry visa. Rodríguez, Cuba's premier singer-songwriter and co-founder of that country's New Song Movement, was to perform at Pete Seeger's 90th birthday concert in New York today, Sunday, May 3.
Rodríguez' entry into the United States to perform might have been a major breakthrough following years of wrong-headed U.S. policy towards Cuban artists and professionals. Instead, the State Department, while not explicitly denying the visa, allowed it to be tied up such that it was not approved, at least not in time (as of this writing) for the very performance for which it was solicited.
You can help. Take a moment and call the U.S. State Department and express your sentiment that Cuban artists be allowed to enter the United States to share their work with appreciative and deserving American audiences. Tell them that it is an embarrassment that an artist of the stature of Silvio Rodríguez be denied entry into the country to join hands with Pete Seeger along with the dozens of other performers who joined with him today.
Thanks to Bill Martínez for all the work involved in the visa solicitation.
U.S. State Department Switchboard: (202)647-4000
Also, call the White House Comment Line and express your feelings: (202) 456-1111
Thanks,
Louis Head
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Message from Silvio Rodríguez to his sister in Havana, also his manager:
Today is May 1 and it is 8:40pm in Paris. I just connected online to the United States Embassy site in France, where information is published regarding visa solicitations. My visa application is listed as being in process, the same status that it has maintained since I made the application. Today being the day that I was to fly to New York, and given that the visa has still not appeared, tomorrow I will leave instead for Havana.
You can pass this message to Pete's grandson Tao, and to Bill the attorney, along with my gratitude for their efforts as well as my sorrow resulting from the lack of respect shown by the State Department to them for having invited me to celebrate the 90th birthday of our dear friend Pete Seeger, living legend of North American song.
I believe that the attitude of the State Department is very contradictory, given the desire expressed by President Obama to bring the United States closer to Cuba. As a Cuban cultural worker, I continue to feel blockaded and discriminated against by other governments. Hopefully this will truly change someday.
Thanks for your help.
Silvio
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Mensaje de Silvio Rodríguez a su hermana, y gerente, en La Habana:
Es viernes 1º de mayo, son las 8 y 40 de la noche en París y me acabo de conectar al sitio web donde la embajada de Estados Unidos en Francia publica noticias sobre las visas solicitadas. La mía figura en estado de trámites, como ha figurado desde que la solicité. Como hoy era el día en que debía volar a Nueva York y la visa no ha aparecido, mañana parto hacia La Habana.
Puedes pasarle este correo a Tao el nieto de Pete y a Bill el abogado, con mi gratitud por sus esfuerzos y con mi pesar por el poco respeto que el Departamento de Estado ha mostrado a la invitación que me hicieron para celebrar los 90 años del querido Pete Seeger, leyenda viva de la canción norteamericana.
Creo que la actitud del Departamento de Estado es muy contradictoria con el deseo expresado por el presidente Obama de un acercamiento con Cuba. Como trabajador de la cultura cubana me sigo sintiendo tan bloqueado y discriminado como por otros gobiernos. Ojalá esto cambie de verdad algún día.
In honor of KPFA FM's 60th Anniversary and an "All Day Music" broadcast, Cuba Canta offers a retrospective popouri spanning a century of Cuban Music, from Danzon to Son, Mambo to Mozambique, and Trova to Timba.
For the final stretch broadcast veteran Emiliano Echeverria is joined by KPFA Music Director and Con Sabor host Luis Medina, spinning releases including Michael Blanco, Gerado Piloto y su Klimax. Los Van Van, and more!
Also concerning recent developments in President Barack Obama's administration dealing with US - Cuba political relations, Emiliano speaks with San Francisco-based Cuban visa attorney Bill Martinez on the latest challenges and opportunities for US-Cuba music and cultural exchanges.
Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
With KPFA Music Director Luis Medina , Con Sabor
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores
Engineer C'Tone
Broadcast: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9 pm PST - San Francisco Bay Area 12 midnight EST - NY/Miami/San Juan PR/ y la Habana, Cuba KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno
Radio 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.
Radio Cuba Canta takes a historical look at Women in Cuban Music. From Rita Montaner to Maria Teresa Vera, Celia Cruz to Celeste Mendoza, Orquesta Anacaona to Camerata Romeu: listen to the many diverse sides of the music of Cuba in which women have and continue to play an important role. This tradition continues today with the many young female soloists and ensembles heard today, not only in Cuba but throughout the world. So Tune in, tonight on KPFA-FM 94.1 or www.kpfa.org.
Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C-Tone" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores
Radio 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.
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Posted On 28 February, 2009 at 2/28/2009
Tonite Cuba Canta slightly departs from its usual format. We depart from Cuba proper to pay tribute to Gilberto Calderon, known to the world as Joe Cuba, after all, although a proud Newyorican, he did go by the name of "Cuba". His was one of the more cutting edge groups in the New York Latin music scene for over 20 years. He recently passed away at age 78, ever proud of his beloved Bronx. We will hear early recordings by Cheo Feliciano, Willie Torres and Jimmy Sabater, as well as the evolving sound of the Joe Cuba Sextet.
Another recent passing of note was bassist Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, most recently famous as the foundation of all of the recordings produced under the auspices of the "Buena Vista Social Club". He was much more than that as we pay tribute to Cachaito by playing music he recorded with Orquesta Riverside, Los Zafiros, and other surprises including a selection from his only CD. From Mambo to Jazz, we will hear the astonishing diversity that he so enjoyed being a part of.......
Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C-Tone" Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores
Listen: Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, February 28, 2009
Radio 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.