BEAT LATINO

Series produced by Catalina Maria Johnson

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Beat Latino serves up the freshest Latine universe music, always bilingual! From the new music of the month, to tunes and grooves centered on cultural themes, Beat Latino has something for every ear!

Beat Latino serves up the freshest Latine universe music, always bilingual! From the new music of the month, to tunes and grooves centered on cultural themes, Beat Latino has something for every ear!


53 Pieces

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BEAT LATINO: The Reinas of Regional Mexican, Past and Present
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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A Beat Latino devoted to true trailblazers! Inspired by a set of interviews for a piece I wrote for Grammy.com, "Meet the Gen Z Women Claiming Spac...

Bought by WNIN, KSRQ, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, WNYE, and WYSO


  • Added: Jul 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
BEAT LATINO: Hummingbird, Moon and Stars in Nuestra Música
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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A special Beat Latino sharing recent and classic songs about three celestial, mythical, magical (possibly) siblings: hummingbird, moon and stars. A...

Bought by KMXT, WNIN, KSRQ, WNYE, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
BEAT LATINO: Caribe Tropical
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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We’re celebrating National Caribbean American heritage month Beat Latino-style with Latine artists whose art is rooted in the Caribbean: marvelous ...

Bought by WNIN, KSRQ, WNYE, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
BEAT LATINO: Duos and Trios Musicales!
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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All it takes is two or three... to create amazing music! This week's Beat Latino is all about nuestra música by duos and trios, sometimes couples, ...

Bought by KSRQ, WNIN, WNYE, and WYSO


  • Added: Jun 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
BEAT LATINO: The Sounds of Ancestral Futurism
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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This week's Beat Latino is inspired by the sounds and songs of artists who connect ancestral beats and grooves to the present and the future - trop...

Bought by KSRQ, WNIN, WNYE, and WYSO


  • Added: May 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
BEAT LATINO: Pan-Latine Fusions in the USA
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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This week's Beat Latino is inspired in a song by the legendary Tigres del Norte --"El Sueño de Bolivar", i.e., Bolivar's Dream - which sings of La...

Bought by WNIN, KSRQ, WNYE, KMXT, and WYSO


  • Added: May 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
BEAT LATINO: Poems and All That Song and Dance
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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This week’s Beat Latino celebrates National Poetry Month with a selection of sung poems – from Cuba’s Nicolas Guillén and José Martí to Nobel-Prize...

Bought by KSRQ, WNIN, WNYE, and WYSO


  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 4
BEAT LATINO: Discovering Música Nueva, Trusted Sources!
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
Caption: M.A.Studio, Credit: Mava Villamizar
This week we have another Beat Latino inspired by a question from a listener: "How do you discover new music?" So we're once again sharing some tru...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WNIN, WNYE, KSRQ, and WYSO


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
BEAT LATINO: Celebrating 25 years of Manu Chao's Clandestino
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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In 1998, Manu Chao released one of the Latinx songbook's most influential albums: Clandestino. As an album focusing on topics of immigration and so...

Bought by KMXT, WNIN, WNYE, KSRQ, and WYSO


  • Added: Jan 17, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
BEAT LATINO: New Wave Flamenco and Beyond
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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This week's Beat Latino takes a listen to fresh, new takes on a centuries-old genre: flamenco. Building off of beats that gives witness to northern...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WNIN, KSRQ, WNYE, and WYSO


  • Added: Sep 05, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 5
BEAT LATINO: Magical Mystical Musical Tour
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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This week's Beat Latino selects tunes and grooves that share a magical, mystical, organic vision of the planeta. It's roots music, with a generous ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WNIN, KSRQ, WNYE, KMXT and more


  • Added: Aug 15, 2022
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 6
BEAT LATINO: Musical Spanglish 101
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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Here’s to having two languages to sing in! This week’s Beat Latino selection are songs where the English and Spanish intertwine and interact in art...

Bought by KMXT, Royalton Community Radio, WNIN, KSRQ, WNYE and more


  • Added: Aug 01, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
BEAT LATINO: Musical Siblings of Nuestra Música
From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Series: BEAT LATINO
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This week's Beat Latino takes a listen to duos, trios and bands that feature musical siblings, sometimes twins, truly Bands of Brothers. And Bands ...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, WNIN, KSRQ, WNYE, WYSO and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6