31 December 2011 - 9pm: Radio Cuba Canta
New Years Eve Special - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 31 December, 2011 at 12/31/2011

TONIGHT beginning at 9pm Pacific (12 mid NY/MIA/Habana)!: A special New Years Eve broadcast of Radio Cuba Canta featuring Tito Gonzalez y Son del Nuevo Siglo in the KPFA Studios, capping off a 100th Anniversary Tribute to the life and music of Arsenio Rodriguez. Hosted by Emiliano Echeverria, with special guest host Bonnie Morgan.


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

Live Broadcast: Saturday - December 31, 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, December 31, 2011


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, December 31, 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.

24 December 2011 - Radio Cuba Canta
Aresenio Rodriguez Broadcast Tribute

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 24 December, 2011 at 12/24/2011


Listen Tonight on KPFA FM 94.1, SF Bay Area, or kpfa.org worldwide at 7:00 PM Pacific Time (Seattle, Portland, California; 12:00 Midnite Eastern Time NYC, MIA, Havana Cuba)

For our 24th annual tribute to the genius of Arsenio Rodriguez we present a wonderful potpourri of his music covering his entire career from 1938 until the late 1960s. We cover informally his years in both Cuba and New York City which will include rare recordings he did for Verne Records, a single he did in Curacao, and a recording he did in his home.





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

Live Broadcast: Saturday - December 24, 2011
7 pm PST - San Francisco Bay Area
10 pm Eastern - 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, December 24, 2011


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, December 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.

22 October 2011 - Radio Cuba Canta
con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 22 October, 2011 at 10/22/2011

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 - October 22, 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, October 22, 2011


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, October 22, 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.

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
(click for more information)

Aug 30 - Radio Cuba Canta presents:
100th Birthday Tribute to Arsenio Rodriguez
hosted by Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 30 August, 2011 at 8/30/2011

Radio Cuba Canta presents a 4-hour documentary and 100th Birthday Tribute to the life, music and genius of Arsenio Rodriguez.

Part of the international Centennial Tribute to Arsenio Rodriguez this weekend, this historic broadcast is a special tribute to the creative genius responsible for influencing many artists of today in the "Salsa," Latin Jazz, and the music of Cuba itself, even today. Often compared to Louis Armstrong, Arsenio Rodriguez, was responsible for creating essential elements of the Mambo, years before Perez Prado brought the Mambo to worldwide audience.

We present rare recordings, historical viewpoints by Rene Lopez, David Garcia, Bobby Sanabria and Orlando Maraca Valle, and an interview with Arsenio himself recorded in the early 1960s.

Arsenio Rodriguez
August 30, 1911 - December 30, 1970

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

Original Broadcast: August 27, 2011
7 pm PST - San Francisco Bay Area
10 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

LISTEN - Mobile & Mp3 Playback
  (iTunes, iPhone, WinAmp, Windows Media, Blackberry, Android)

Arsenio Rodriguez Centenial Tribute
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, August 27, 2011



Play NOW:  Radio Cuba Canta  - with Emiliano Echeverria
  (FLASH Player)
Part 1 & 2:  Arsenio Rodriguez Centenial Tribute - Saturday, August 27, 2011

Part 3 & 4:  Arsenio Rodriguez Centenial Tribute - Saturday, August 27, 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.

06 August 2011 - Radio Cuba Canta
con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 06 August, 2011 at 8/06/2011



Tonight!!! On KPFA-FM 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.

We begin our commemoration of the centennial of Arsenio Rodriguez by featuring some of the conjuntos of Cuba that were influenced by this major innovator of the Son. We will hear conjuntos like Nelo Sosa, Modelo, Sonora Matancera, Luis Santi, Matamoros, Ernesto Grenét, Kiko Mendive, Azúl de Chano Pozo, and Casino. There were many more, and of course, the Conjuntos helped give birth to the mambo and what we today call “Salsa.”

The second part of our Arsenio Rodriguez Tribute will air on the 27th of this month, and will feature entirely music and more of Arsenio himself. We will also have some early son to begin the show, danzón, cha-cha-cha, & more. Community Music Calendar at 9:30, and our half hour of modern music from Cuba from the last couple of years to conclude the show.


Conjunto Modelo

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

Live Broadcast: Saturday - August 6, 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, August 6, 2011


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, August 6, 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.

30 July 2011 - Radio Cuba Canta
con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 30 July, 2011 at 7/30/2011

Radio Cuba Canta concludes the month of July with its regular installment of the best cuban music on the Pacific Coast!
We feature a potpourri of cuban music from Danzon to Cuban Jazz & Salsa. Rene Touzet, Orquesta America, Antonio Machin, Belisario Lopez, Los Papines, Carlos Vidal, the list goes on & on, ".....great music you can't hear enuf of..." Tonight we mix it all up with our contemporary cuban music during the final half hour. Community Music Calendar 30 minuted into the program. KPFA FM 94.1 SF Bay Area. Worldwide at kpfa.org Saturday 9:00 PM Pacific Time: SF Bay Area, Southern California, Pacific Northwest. 12 Midnight Eastern Time: NYC, MIA, Havana Cuba!


Heard on KPFA FM in the SF Bay Area and on the Web at www.kpfa.org.


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

Live Broadcast: Saturday - July 30, 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, July 30, 2011


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Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, July 30, 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.

25 June 2011 - Radio Cuba Canta
con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 25 June, 2011 at 6/25/2011


Tonight! On KPFA FM 94.1 Berkeley CA We present another program heavy in Cuba and Jazz. The first 1/2 hour is Charangas with Danzon and ChaChaCha prominent.

Then we get into the cuban jazz band from the late 30s to the late 50s. Then a 1/2 hour Tribute to Mario Bauza featuring mostly the Machito Orchestra.


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

Live Broadcast: Saturday - June 25, 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, June 25, 2011


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, June 25, 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.

28 May 2011 - Radio Cuba Canta
con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 28 May, 2011 at 5/28/2011

Tune into Radio Cuba Canta for s very interesting two hours of cuban music! We'll begin with a tribute to the conjuntos and sextetos of the early cuban son. Following the Community Music Calendar which is 30 minutes into the program, we will have a set of interesting danzones to finish the first hour.

Then for the second half it's a special hour of Jazz Cubano in solidarity with our Latin Jazz musicians who are standing up to the Grammy Awards officials who eliminated not only Latin Jazz, but over 30 genres of music from Cajun to Polka. Even though we do radio, we never forget that it's the performing musicians who keep the flame burning. That's RadioCubaCanta, 2 hours of great cuban music you can't get enuf of!

Tonight / Este Noche! 9 PM Pacific Coast: LA, OAK, SFO Pac Northwest 12 Midnight, Eastern Time,: NYC, MIA, HAVana, Cuba.
KPFA 94.1 FM, SF Bay Area. Worldwide at www.kpfa.org


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

Live Broadcast: Saturday - May 28, 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, May 28, 2011


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Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, May 28, 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.

07 May - 7pm: Radio Cuba Canta
con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 07 May, 2011 at 5/07/2011

Tonight!! Radio Cuba Canta does some fund raising for KPFA. We'll start off with some great Afro-Cuban music for the first half hour. Then we begin the second half hour with the Ron Flores Community Music Calendar followed by some great classics of the Danzon and Charanga. Our second hour begins with some great conjuntos, and the program concludes with some of cuba's great jazz bands. All the while we will help raise $$$ to keep KPFA going.

That's Saturday May 7, at a special time: 7 PM till 9 PM Pacific time: SF Bay Area, LA, West Coast; 10 PM till 12 mid night Eastern Time: NYC, MIA, & LA HABANA, CUBA!


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

Live Broadcast: Saturday - May 7, 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, May 7, 2011


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, May 7, 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.

23 April 2011 - Radio Cuba Canta
con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 23 April, 2011 at 4/23/2011

We start off the evening with classic conjuntos & septetos from the 1920s to the '40s including early Sonora Mantancera, Septeto Habanera, and Justi Barretto. We'll also hear a rare recording of Conjuto Cuba Libre featuring trumpeter Walfredo de los Reyes II and bongocero bilingue.

After the Community Music calendar at 9:30pm we will play an exclusive interview with Paulito FG. We'll then spin a popuri of music of Cuba's 'Golden Era' of the 40s/50s, followed by Cuban Hip Hop, Regueton, and Timba.


Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores


Audio Archive

Listen NOW:   Radio Cuba Canta - April 23, 2011


Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, April 23, 2011



Original Broadcast:  Saturday, April 23, 2011
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

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.

Archived: Radio Cuba Canta - KPFA FM
March 2011 Tribute to Women in Cuban Music

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 26 March, 2011 at 3/26/2011

Radio Cuba Canta presents:
Tributo a Las Mujeres de la Musica Cubana -
March 2011

Paulina Alvarez

Tonight, we present our 3rd annual program commemorating Womens' Month with a generous helping of the stars of yesterday and today of Cuba. From Maria Teresa Vera & Paulina Alvarez, to Haila Mompie, Tania Pantoja, and Yeni Valdes, we cover all eras and many genres of Cuban music from 1918 to today.

That's TONIGHT! 9 PM PDT (West Coast: SF Bay Area, LA, Seattle; 12 Midnight, EDT: NYC, Miami, and Havana Cuba

LIVE ON-THE-AIR on KPFA-FM 94.1 Berkeley in the SF Bay Area
or worldwide at kpfa.org

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

Live Broadcast: Saturday - March 26, 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 - March 26, 2011



Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday - March 26, 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.

VISAS APPROVED! Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
One Night Only! Mon. April 4, 2011 - 7 pm
Mission High Auditorium - San Francisco

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On at 3/26/2011


San Francisco International Arts Festival presents
direct from Cuba
Special Pre-Festival Performance
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Tambor de Fuego

First San Francisco Show in 19 Years
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Monday April 4, 7:00pm

VISAS APPROVED!

After weeks of waiting all 17 members of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas were finally given security clearance by the U.S. State Department to travel to the United States next month. Let's welcome them to San Francisco on April 4th!


Mission High School Auditorium
3750 18th Street
San Francisco, CA, 94114
Tickets: $20 - $50*
General Admission
*$50 (includes Post Show Rumba Party)
Tix also available @ Julio’s Record Store, 2884 Mission Street, SF (btwn 24th and 25th)

Updates on Facebook


Listen to an interview with Diosdado Ramos, director of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, on KPFA's Ritmo de las Americas with host Rosi Reyes 

San Francisco International Arts Festival is proud to present the legendary Cuban ensemble,Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. The performance will mark the company’s return to San Francisco after an absence of 19 years. The last time Los Muñequitos performed in the City was a now legendary night back in 1992.

Hailed as the "reigning regents of rumba" by the San Francisco Chronicle, "the essence of Cuba's musical soul" by the San Diego Union Tribune and "truly keepers of a sacred flame" by Latin Beat, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas are amongst the highest regarded percussionists in the world and masters of Afro-Cuban ritual and rumba music and dance. Founded in 1952, the group currently spans three generations of an extended family of musicians, singers and dancers. This performance is part of a 16-city US Tour and San Francisco will be their second stop and only California performance.
The music of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas keeps alive 500 years of drumming, chanting and dance, preserving the vibrant culture of the African Diaspora intrinsic to Cuba's living legacy. While sustaining these cultural traditions, the group's choreography and new musical compositions continue to innovate from the African roots of Cuban culture.  In one evening'sconcert, Los Muñequitos may play the rhythms and drumming of the Santeria religion whichoriginated with the Yoruba tribe; the songs of the Abakuá, a secret fraternal organization originally from Nigeria; and contemporary Cuban rumba in its varied and ever evolving forms.

Los Muñequitos has performed in more than 50 cities across the U.S., from intimate (and packed!) shows in community centers and dance & music clubs to full-scale theatrical productions in grand concert halls. Whatever the setting, their complex drumming, captivating vocals and spectacular dancing transport audiences to the vital streets of Matanzas and the soul of Cuba.

The concert is being produced by the  SF International Arts Festival and is a community benefit for a number of organizations including the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), Cuba Caribe, Abada Capoiera, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Latino Leadership Comité. There will be a Post Rumba Party after the show at the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St, San Francisco. Tix sold separately or included with $50 orchestra seats.

Media Contact:

Radio Cuba Canta -
Archive of Recent Broadcasts

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 10 March, 2011 at 3/10/2011


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:


 
Radio Cuba Canta - February 8, 2011
Emiliano offers a potpurri of Danzones recorded from 1916 to 1959; and an interview about Bay Area Danzón group, Orquesta La Moderna Tradición.

Listen NOW:
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Radio Cuba Canta- February 8, 2011





 
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, January 29, 2011
Radio Cuba Canta begins 2011 with recordings that Emiliano brought back from Cuba on his recent trip.

Listen NOW:
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Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, January 29, 2011





 
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, December 25, 2010
Annual Broadcast Tribute and Interview with Arsenio Rodriguez.

Listen NOW:
Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, December 25, 2010




Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, November 27, 2010
Featuring the music of Bellisario Lopez, Arcano y su Maravillas con los hermanos Orestes y Israel Lopez Cachao, Septeto Los Naranjos, Pachito Alonso y su Kirikiri, Irakere, y mucho mas.

Listen NOW:
Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, November 27, 2010




Radio Cuba Canta - November 5 & 6, 2010
Bocas RadioActivas: Interview with Paul Flores and DJ Leydis about Hip Hop and Spoken Word in Cuba and Latin America. Featuring LOS RAKAS (Panama/Oakland), BOCAFLOJA (Mexico D.F.), DOBLE FILO (Cuba), and Brandon Santiago (San Francisco).

Listen NOW:
Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
November 5 & 6, 2010




Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, October 30, 2010
Tribute to sonero Abelardo Barroso and Cuban Hip Hop featuring Doble Filo.

Listen NOW:
Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, October 30, 2010




Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, October 9, 2010
Featuring some the great conjuntos from Arsenio Rodriguez to La Sonora Matancera, Nelo Sosa, Humberto Cane & more.

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Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, October 9, 2010




Radio Cuba Canta - September 2010
Tribute to great Cuban bassist and composer, Israel Lopez Cachao

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Radio Cuba Canta- September 2010




Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, July 24, 2010
Broadcast Tribute to Orquesta Aragon

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Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, July 24, 2010




Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, March 28, 2009
Mujeres de la musica cubana / Women of Cuban Music

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Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, March 28, 2009




Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, June 26, 2010
Memorial Tribute to Francisco Aguabella

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Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, June 26, 2010




Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, April 24, 2010
Broadcast Tribute to Graciela Perez: 1915-2010

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Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, April 24, 2010




Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, May 30, 2009
Tribute to Ricardo Abreu - aka Papin of Los Papines

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Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, May 30, 2009





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


Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts LIVE on last Saturday each month:
  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

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

Women in Cuban Music
Radio Cuba Canta - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 08 March, 2011 at 3/08/2011

Women in Cuban Music
Mujeres de la Musica Cubana -
International Women's Day

Maria Teresa Vera

Radio Cuba Canta presents a commemoration of  International Women's Day with our annual program dedicated to presenting some of the women who have contributed to the music of Cuba. We will hear early singers such as Maria Teresa Vera, Sexteto Anacaona, Paulina Alvarez, Rita Montaner, Celeste Mendoza and Las Hermanas Marquez, as well as contemporary singers like Vannia Borges, Yeny Valdes, Halia Mompie and Myra Caridad Valdes.

Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores
Engineer "C-Tone" Leandro at the controls.

Audio Archive

Listen:  Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, March 27, 2010


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Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, March 27, 2010



Original Broadcast:  Saturday, March 27, 2010
KPFA 94.1 FM - in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM - Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM - Fresno

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


more program info:
http://www.RadioCubaCanta.net

Tonite: 01 March 2011 -
Cuba Canta con Emiliano Echeverria - KPFA FM

Posted by Radio Cuba Canta | | Posted On 01 March, 2011 at 3/01/2011


Tonight: Cuba Canta helps KPFA-FM raise funds in a special broadcast
featuring Great Cuban Music, great premiums and surprises.

Tonight on Radio Cuba Canta, 8 PM Pacific West Coast Time, 11 PM East Coast Time

on KPFA-FM 94.1, Berkeley (SF Bay Area.) or Worldwide at kpfa.org.

Heard on KPFA FM in the SF Bay Area and on the Web at www.kpfa.org.


Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay "C-Tone" Leander
In association with Musical Colors producers Avoctja, Raquel Aguirre, Eddie Pay and Luis Medina


Live Broadcast: Tuesday - March 1, 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)

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Radio Cuba Canta- Tuesday - March 1, 2011



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Radio Cuba Canta- Tuesday - March 1, 2011


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