Radio Cuba Canta

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.

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


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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.

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


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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.

March 2011

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)

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Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday - March 26, 2011


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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.

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) Box-Office:  800-838-3006 |  www.brownpapertickets.org Tix also available @ Julio’s Record Store, 2884 Mission Street, SF (btwn 24th and 25th) Info: 415-399-9554 | www.sfiaf.org Updates on Facebook View on Youtube 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 Sponsors: KPFA 94.1FM, El Tecolote Newspaper, SF Bay Guardian Media Contact: Juliana Mojica, 415.225.3725  juliana@mojicaarts.com www.mojicaarts.com

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:

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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.

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Radio Cuba Canta- February 8, 2011

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

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

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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.

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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).

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November 5 & 6, 2010



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

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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, 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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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

International Women's Day

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

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

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


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Radio Cuba Canta - Tuesday - February 8, 2011


Original Broadcast:  Tuesday - February 8, 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

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


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Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, January 29, 2011


Original Broadcast:  Saturday - January 29, 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.

Radio Cuba Canta's  Emiliano 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


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Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday - December 25, 2010


Original Broadcast:  Saturday - December 25, 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.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 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


Audio Archive

Listen NOW:   Radio Cuba Canta - November 11, 2010


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Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, November 11, 2010


Original Broadcast:  Saturday, November 11, 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.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's edition of Radio Cuba Canta will start with a tribute to sonero Abelardo 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

Audio Archive

Listen NOW: Radio Cuba Canta - October 30, 2010


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Radio Cuba Canta- Saturday, October 30, 2010


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.

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


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ARTIST BIOS

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.

More info: www.myspace.com/paulfloresrepresenta

Video Links: www.youtube.com/
vimeo.com/


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.

More info: www.myspace.com/bocafloja

Video Links: www.youtube.com/
www.youtube.com/


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.

More info: www.losrakas.com

Video Links: www.youtube.com/
www.youtube.com/


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.

More info: www.myspace.com/doblefilo

Video Links:

www.youtube.com/
www.youtube.com/


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.

More info: www.myspace.com/djleydis


Media Contact:
Juliana Mojica, Mojica Arts | 415.671.3907 | juliana@mojicaarts.com