24 September 2011 - Radio Cuba Canta
con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 24 September, 2011 at 9/24/2011

TONIGHT!! KPFA FM 94.1 or www.kpfa.org 9 PM PDT West Coast, SF, LA Northwest, 12 M EDT NYC, MIA, HAVana, Cuba: Radio Cuba Canta presents 2 hours of great cuban music "you can't get enuf of!"

Starting with some beautiful afro-cuban sounds we then have the Community Music Calendar at 30 min into the program. Then some great conjuntos, charangas & big bands. We conclude with our usual half -hour of contemporary cuban music from the last couple of years

KPFA 94.1 FM Berkeley: Listener Sponsored Free Speech Radio


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

Live Broadcast: Saturday - September 24, 2011
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

Audio Archive (available after live broadcast)

Listen: Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, September 24, 2011


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, September 24, 2011


KPFA FM live on the web at: www.kpfa.org

more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/48247

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.

TONIGHT: Interview with Orlando MARACA Valle
on Con Sabor with Luis Medina - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 03 September, 2011 at 9/03/2011


TONIGHT: Interview with Orlando MARACA Valle
on Con Sabor with Luis Medina - KPFA FM 94.1

Tune in Saturday for Con Sabor's special 4 hr music fest - 7 to 11 pm on KPFA 94.1 FM - www.kpfa.org. Featuring an interview with Orlando "Maraca" Valle before his upcoming show at Yoshis Jazz Club in Oakland  this Tuesday. (September 6th).  Will also offer ticket giveaways, music info, community music calendar & plenty of Salsa, Latin Jazz, Musica Cubana & more!

94.1 (SF Bay Area) On line at: kpfa.org for webcast:
9:00 PM PDT Bay Area, So Cal,, Pacific NW;
12:00 EDT NYC, MIA, Havana, Cuba;
0400, Coordinated Universal Time, worldwide

Orlando "Maraca" Valle

Live Broadcast: Saturday - September 3, 2011
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

Audio Archive (available after live broadcast)

Listen: Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, September 3, 2011



Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Con Sabor - KPFA FM- Saturday, September 3, 2011


KPFA FM live on the web at: www.kpfa.org


more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/48247



Maraca LIVE at Yoshis Jazz Club - Oakland
- Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 01 September, 2011 at 9/01/2011


Yoshi's presents: 
Direct from Cuba

Maraca

Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 8pm /10pm
Open Dance Floor!

Yoshi's Jazz Club
510 Embarcaero West
Jack London Square - Oakland



Back by popular demand direct from Cuba, world class virtuoso flautist Orlando "MARACA" Valle returns to Yoshis in Oakland with his 10 piece world class Cuban group, which been called “the most influential Afro-Cuban band of the emerging century” (Chicago Tribune) and “one of the hottest names in jazz” (LA Times). Maraca brings a mix of cutting-edge Afro-Cuban Jazz,. Rumba, Folklore, Son, Cha Cha Cha,  Danzon, Salsa Cubana, and Timba. 

Maraca's new Latin Jazz album, Reencurentros, selected by Downbeat Magazine in August 2011 for 'PICK OF THE MONTH', is available at CDBABY.com



Born in Havana, Orlando “Maraca” Valle is arguably the most famous and versatile contemporary Cuban flautist in the world. Maraca has been leading his different bands and projects for more than 15 years with many performances in some of the most prestigious international Jazz, Latin and world-music festivals and venues worldwide. 

As a soloist and bandleader, Maraca has made 9 albums and 3 video releases, each one awarded during national contests in Cuba and highly acclaimed by national and international critics. His nomination to the 2003's Grammy Awards as "Best Salsa Album”, made him the youngest Cuban artist ever nominated by NARAS. Maraca's original style of fusing jazz improvisations with his afro-cuban roots has made his sound highly recognized worlwide, as the epitome of Cuban popular dance music and Afro-Cuban Jazz. 


Get Tickets Here
Yoshi's Jazz Club
510 Embarcaero West
Jack London Square - Oakland

www.YOSHIS.com



MARACA is also appearing in Southern California:

September 7th: Anthonlogy - San Diego, CA
September 18th: The Granada - Alhamba, CA
More information:  www.myspace.com/MaracaValle


Maraca at Yoshi's Jazz Club - Oakland
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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