Posted by
Radio Cuba Canta
|
|
Posted On 26 March, 2011 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!
Listen to an interviewwith 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.
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.
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.
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).
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
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
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
Posted by
Radio Cuba Canta
|
|
Posted On 08 February, 2011 at 2/08/2011
Tonight: Cuba Canta substitutes for Avoctja and Raquel Aguirre on Musical Colors on KPFA-FM.
We will start off the show with a potpurri of Danzones recorded from 1916 to 1959. We will then interview members of Orquesta "La Moderna Tradicion" our local Charanga, as well as playing some of their music. Following that we will play some music from Cuba's big bands [Jazz Bands] and Conjuntos. We will complete the program with music from Cuba's new generation with some Timba, Reggaeton, and Hip-hop cubano. Tuesday February 8th, 8 PM Pacific Time: SF Bay Area, LA, Seattle, West Coast; 11 PM Eastern Time: NYC, DC, Philly, East Coast, Miami, Havana, Cuba. Tell your friends.
Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Audio Archive
Listen: Radio Cuba Canta- Tuesday - February 8, 2011
Posted by
Radio Cuba Canta
|
|
Posted On 29 January, 2011 at 1/29/2011
Radio Cuba Canta begins 2011 with recordings that Emiliano brought back from Cuba on his recent trip.
We'll start the program with recordings mostly from the era of the 1920s, then we'll have the Community Music Calender of Ron Flores 30 minutes into the program. Following the calender will be an hour of newly found classics from the 1940s and 50s. We will then round out the show with a half hour of music of the young Cuba of today.
That will all be on Radio Cuba Canta, This Saturday, January 29 from 9 PM Pacific Time (SF, LA, West Coast, or 12 MIDNIGHT Eastern Time, NYC, MIA, La Havana, Cuba) on KPFA 94,1-FM - San Francisco & Northern California. On the web at www.radiocubacanta.net
Some of the earlier recordings you will are the original recordings of these numbers. So Join us!
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
Listen: Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, January 29, 2011
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.
Posted by
Radio Cuba Canta
|
|
Posted On 25 December, 2010 at 12/25/2010
Radio Cuba Canta'sEmiliano Echeverria presents his 23rd Annual Broadcast Tribute to Arsenio Rodriguez, including a rare radio interview with Arsenio in his own words, along with vintage tracks of Arsenio's music.
Live at 9pm PST(12 mid EST - New York, Miami, San Juan, y la Habana)
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
Listen: Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday - December 25, 2010
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.
Posted by
Radio Cuba Canta
|
|
Posted On 27 November, 2010 at 11/27/2010
Tonight 9pm PST (12 mid EST):Emiliano Echeverria spins his collection of vintage, classic and rare Cuban music recordings, from Danzon to Hip Hop & Regeton Cubano. Featured artists include Bellisario Lopez, Arcano y su Maravillas con los hermanos Orestes y Israel Lopez Cachao, Septeto Los Naranjos, Pachito Alonso y su Kirikir, Irakere, y mucho mas.
The Community Music Calendar at 9:30 pm, with ticket giveaways for the 29th Annual Encuentro Canto Popular, and more.
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.
Posted by
Radio Cuba Canta
|
|
Posted On at 11/27/2010
Emiliano Echeverria to be honored with Bay Area Latin Broadcasters
at 29th Encuentro del Canto Popular event
Fri - Sat December 3-4, 2010 Brava Theater - 2781 24th Street - San Francisco, CA
Join us: at the 29th Encuentro del Canto Popular featuring a special tribute to veteran
Bay Area DJs Avotcja, Luis Medina, Chata Guitierrez, and Emiliano Echeverria
at the Brava Theater in the San Francisco Mission District, December 3 & 4, 2010
Complete information on the concert event and tickets:
Accion Latina presents The 29th Encuentro del Canto Popular concert
Fundraising concert for El Tecolote Newspaper
A celebration of 40 years of independent, bilingual community journalism
Fri. - Sat. December 3-4, 2010
8-10pm
(doors open at 7pm)
Fri. Dec. 3:La Familia Peña-Govea | Futuro Picante | Emcee Betty Pazmiño | Special tribute to veteran local DJ's Avotcja & Luis Medina
Sat. Dec. 4:Loco Bloco | Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble of SFSU | Emcee's Leticia Hernandez & Tomás Riley | Special tribute to veteran local DJ's Emiliano Echeverria & Chata Gutierrez
Brava Theater | 2781 24th Street | San Francisco, CA
On Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4, local San Francisco musicians will share their musical talents in celebration of El Tecolote Newspaper with a Latin music concert featuring music that spans the Americas, from the Caribbean to the local corner dive, plus, a special tribute to veteran local DJ's Avotcja, Emiliano Echeverria, Chata Gutierrez and Luis Medina for their contributions in creating an environment for Latin Music to thrive in the Bay Area.
El Tecolote Newspaper is a community-based bilingual newspaper that was established in 1970 to provide a fuller portrait of Latino life and cultural and to provide free journalism training for local residents. Over the past 40 years, El Tecolote has become a beloved community institution and a proven pipeline to journalism careers.
Friday, December 3rd
Join us on Friday for an incredible night of music from the Mission performed by La Familia Peña-Govea and the youth-driven salsa rhythms of Futuro Picante.
When local recording artist, bandleader, composer and musician Miguel Govea began performing music with three women in his life he created the Mission’s own musical household with a hybrid lyrical twist as La Familia Peña-Govea. A well-known musician, Miguel Govea will be accompanied by his wife, Susan, and two daughters, Rene and Cecilia, as La Familia Peña-Govea. This talented musical family will get the audience swaying with their mixture of traditional Tex-Mex and Colombian music, driving us down a road filled with rancheras, valses, polkas, boleros, and vallenatos. La Familia Peña-Govea seamlessly coordinates the range of traditional instruments and progressions into a cohesive groove. The harmonious duets with Miguel and his wife ring with both a sublime simplicity that encourages the audience to sing along. La Familia Peña-Govea is continuing the rich legacy of Latino music in the Bay Area, and they are doing it together in style.
Closing Friday night is Futuro Picante, the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts’ youth Latin jazz band. With ages ranging from nine to 18-years-old, Futuro Picante’s sound is anything but elementary. Their repertoire of vivacious Latin jazz includes both salsa’s golden age classics and original compositions from local artists. The group was formed in 2003 by Jose Leon, the Center’s youth director, as part of a summer Latin Jazz Band The group was formed in 2003 by Jose Leon, the Center’s youth director, as part of a summer Latin Jazz Band program. His aim was to provide low-cost music training for neighborhood youth and to pass on Latin music traditions to the next generation. With the help of co-director Miguel Govea, Leon assembled his first group of promising youth musicians. The group has been wowing audiences ever since.
The complex texture of their music, layering fluttering flute solos with Cuban percussion, energetic trumpet melodies, jazzy keyboard stylings, and an array of powerful vocalists, earned them the title of San Francisco’s “2010 Best Kid Band” by SF Weekly. With their fresh sound and a maturity of musicianship beyond their years, Futuro Picante has indeed proven to be the zesty future of Latin music while honoring the legacies of Tito Puente, Beny Moré, and more.
Saturday, December 4th
On Saturday, you will experience the thunderous Brazilian heartbeat of Loco Bloco, a non-profit group that has helped thousands of local youth find their life bearings through Afro-Brazilian drumming and dancing. Saturday ends with the Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble of SFSU led by local music favorite John Calloway.
Loco Bloco uses art as a tool to empower local youth and direct them towards healthy lifestyles and civic engagement. Since Loco Bloco's inception in 1994 more than 6,000 have passed through their programs becoming professional and passionate performers, with many youth returning to mentor younger members. Loco Bloco’s drumming and dancing troupe pack a gigantic wallop that will shake your soul and unhook your hips. Their heavily percussion-based music is a potent fusion of African, Brazilian, Hip Hop, Latin, and Funk matched with high-energy dance routines ranging from samba to African and hip hop.
Saturday night will close with the Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble of San Francisco State University. Formed in 1999, the ensemble is dedicated to preserving and performing Cuban popular music and other Latin American music genres. The 25-member ensemble is composed of musicians from the university and the Bay Area community at large. Their mission is to expose audiences to the richness of Cuban music that has
influenced American music since the 19th century. The ensemble also performs music from South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and the U.S.
John Calloway, director of the ensemble, is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and social activist. He has been a mainstay in the Bay Area music scene since the mid-1970s, having performed with J Omar Sosa, Israel “Cachao” Lopez, Dizzy Gillespie, Jesus Diaz, John Santos and Pete Escovedo. John is on faculty in both the School of Music and Dance and the Ethnic Studies Department of SFSU and gives lectures and workshops on music, the arts and social change throughout the region. Currently he serves on the SF Arts Commission and on several arts advisory boards in the Bay Area.
Advance tickets available at Accion Latina office – 2958 24th Street, San Francisco, Monday-Friday 11:00 – 4:00 pm (415) 648-1045. Tickets will also be on sale on the nights of the performances.
Posted by
Radio Cuba Canta
|
|
Posted On 30 October, 2010 at 10/30/2010
Tonight's edition of Radio Cuba Canta will start with a tribute to soneroAbelardo Barroso.
Following the Community Music Calendar at 9:30pm, Luis Medina will interview Oscar Hernandez of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, with ticket giveaways to their upcoming show on November 2nd at Yoshi's Jazz Club in Oakland.
We will then spin a great popourri of Cuban music followed by an interview with Paul Flores and DJ Leydis about the "Bocas RadioActivas" spoken word event on November 5th & 6th in the Bay Area, featuring Bocafloja, Los Rakas, Brandon Santiago, and Doble Filo coming direct from Cuba; and wrapping up the broadcast with great Cuban Hip Hop.
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 - October 30, 2010 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.
Posted by
Radio Cuba Canta
|
|
Posted On at 10/30/2010
La Peña Cultural Center, Mission Cultural Center and Miami Light Project Present:
BOCAS RADIOACTIVAS (Part 2) Two Evenings of Bilingual Spoken Word about Race, Freedom
and Hip-Hop/La poesia y politica del Hip-Hop
Featuring: LOS RAKAS (Panama/Oakland) BOCAFLOJA (Mexico D.F.) DOBLE FILO (Cuba) PAUL S. FLORES (San Francisco)
With Special Guest: Youth Speaks poet Brandon Santiago
and DJ LEYDIS (Cuba)
SLIDE IMAGES OF CONTEMPORAY CHICANO & LATINO CULTURE
November 5-6, 2010
FRI. NOVEMBER 5, 2010 Mission Cultural Center
2868 Mission St. @ 25th
San Francisco, CA 94119
415-643-2785
www.missionculturalcenter.org
SAT. NOVEMBER 6, 2010 La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94705
510-849-2568
www.lapena.org
All shows at 7:30PM
Tix $12
ALL AGES! / TODAS EDADES!
A Spanish-English spoken word event to bring awareness to Black Latino heritage, immigrant rights and Spanglish culture through the global lens of the Hip-Hop generation. Also presenting DOBLE FILO from La Habana, Cuba for the first time in San Francisco demonstrating the challenges and success of Hip-Hop in communist Cuba.
Un evento de palabras bilingues para poner luz sobre la herencia Afro-Latina, el movimiento para los derechos de los inmigrantes, y la cultura Spanglish por una perspectiva del Hip-Hop mundial. Tambíén presentando por primera vez en San Francisco el grupo cubano Doble Filo mostrando el desarollo del Hip-Hop dentro de un pais comunista.
Se habla Español…con ganas!
Interview with Paul Flores and DJ Leydis
con C-Tone de Radio Cuba Canta - 30 Oct 2010
Listen: Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, October 30, 2010
Paul Flores is a poet, playwright, novelist and nationally prominent spoken word artist from San Francisco who specializes in bilingual and hip-hop performance. His novel Along the Border Lies won the 2003 PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award.. Flores most recent plays Fear of a Brown Planet (2005) and REPRESENTA! (2007) were both National Performance Network Creation Fund Commissions. Flores was featured on Russell Simmons Present: Def Poetry on HBO and was recently awarded a Center for Cultural Innovation grant to tour Latin America. He is the co-founder of Youth Speaks and currently teaches Hip-Hop Theater and Spoken Word at the University of San Francisco.
Bocafloja is a MC, poet, spoken word artist, and outspoken social communicator from Mexico City, Mexico. Bocafloja began his musical career in the mid-90's with the groups Lifestyle (1996-1998) and Microphonk (1999). As a solo artist since 2000, he released his demo EP album Lengua Insurrecta in 2002. Bocafloja burst on the Mexican hip hop scene with the release of the his debut album, Pienso Luego Existo, in 2003. Followed by the successes of Jazzyturno in 2004, A Titulo Personal in 2005, El Manual de la Otredad in 2007, and Existo: Matriz Preludio al Pienso in 2009, Bocafloja has transformed into one of the most revered icons in the hip hop scene in Mexico.
Lyrically Bocafloja critically addresses topics such as institutionalized racism, social and political oppression, mental slavery, colonialism, and other human conditions. Bocafloja is recognized in Mexico as the pioneer of the utilization of hip hop culture as an alternative tool to create awareness, developing a different form for political participation that reaches and is more relevant to marginalized youth. Bocafloja currently lives and works between New York, California and Mexico City.
Los Rakas includes Ricardo Guillam Bethancourt and Abdull Dominguez. Better known as Rico and Dun Dun, they were just toddlers back in 1989. But their memories of that time are vivid. In their song "Invasion of Panama '89," they use archival news clips and somber lyrics to recount the violence that engulfed their Panama City neighborhoods. Like hundreds of Panamanians, Rico's grandfather died in the violence. Rico says he wrote the song so more people, especially Americans, would be aware of the pattern of U-S military intervention in other countries. RICO: "The thing that was going on with Iraq, that kind of reminded me of it. So I'm like, here we go again you know." But don't get the wrong idea. Rico and his cousin Dun Dun, now in their early 20s, have lived half their lives in the U.S. And they say they're grateful for all it has given them. Their debt to this country is apparent in their music. English and Spanish take turns over beats that merge Bay Area hip hop with the Caribbean rhythms of Panama. They have just released their second CD Panabay Twist 2: La Tanda del Bus.
Doble Filo is a Cuban hip-hop band formed in La Habana in 1995 and composed of Yrak Saenz Orta, and Edgaro Gonzales. Doble Filo is one of the most well known exponents of Cuban Hip-Hop and along with Orishas, have introduced the world to the innovative style of hip-hop mixed with Cuban traditional music Through its music and lyrics, Doble Filo particularly focuses on personal and racial themes aiming to improve social conditions by encouraging listeners to find themselves. This duo also aims to communicate important and controversial social issues. The members veer away from lyrics that advocate violence or belittle women. Their main philosophy is avoiding negativity.
DJ Leydis is a pioneer of the Cuban hip hop scene. As one of the first female hip hop DJs, she injected a feminist worldview into the male dominated culture. She co-founded the all-female collective Omega Kilay of Cuban emcees, deejays, dancers, activists and more. Four years ago she came to the Bay Area where she continues to perform as a DJ, poet and community activist.
Posted by
Radio Cuba Canta
|
|
Posted On 09 October, 2010 at 10/09/2010
Tonite!: Radio Cuba Canta has a mid month special edition, featuring the great conjuntos from Arsenio Rodriguez to La Sonora Matancera, Nelo Sosa, Humberto Cane & more. Will also include he Community Music Calendar from Ron Flores at 9:30pm, and our usual prsesntation of contemporary cuban music including Timba, Cuban Reggaeton and Cuban Hip Hop.
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
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.
Posted by
Radio Cuba Canta
|
|
Posted On 02 October, 2010 at 10/02/2010
Tonight on KPFA FM at7pm PST (10pm Eastern): Radio Cuba Canta's Emiliano Echeverriajoins Luis Medina of Con Sabor to co-present a KPFA membership drive special, featuring an interview with Rafael Lay Jr. of Cuba'sOrquesta Aragon, conducted during their recent visit to the San Francisco Bay Area, reflecting on 70 years of musical history.
L-R: Emiliano Echeverria, Rafael Lay Jr. (Orquesta Aragon) & KPFA's Luis Medina
Please join us for this interview and consider offering a pledge to become a Member of KPFA FM,
the first-ever Listener-Sponsored community station in the United States.
Orquesta Aragon
Audio Archive
Listen: Radio Cuba Canta - Saturday, October 2, 2010
Radio Cuba Canta presents a tribute to 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 also features a jam session recorded in the KPFA Studios 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
Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
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! 
