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The Spanish Hour 2414: Cuba’s Classical Legacy
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Ernesto Lecuona postage stamp
Whether making their homes in Spain, the United States, or never venturing from the Pearl of the Antilles, Cuba’s best-known and best-loved compos...

Bought by WRTI, WRGY, KVNO, KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
The Spanish Hour 2413: Falla and the Theater
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Pablo Picasso theater curtain for The Three-Cornered Hat, 1919
In 1904, Carlos Fernandez Shaw introduced Manuel de Falla to "The Three-cornered hat," Pedro Antonio de Alarcón’s satire of village life in Andaluc...

Bought by WRTI, WCQS, WXXI Rochester, KVNO, KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 45
The Spanish Hour 2405: Dances, Impressions & Rhapsodies
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Quena (Andean bamboo flute)
From Joaquín Rodrigo to Ernesto Lecuona to Alberto Ginastera to Gabriela Lena Frank, old and new favorites from Spain and Latin America.

Bought by KSJE, WRTI, New Hampshire Public Radio, KMUN, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jan 29, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 21
Anima Dreams, Personal Neurobiology, and Hispanic Identity with John Valenzuela, PhD
From: Katherine Bell
Series: The Dream Journal
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An anima dream series and personal neurobiology. Also Dreams about love and, just in time for Hispanic Heritage Month, Mexican American male identi...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2023
  • Length: 51:31
The Evolution of Multicultural Education: The CUNY Brooklyn College Story
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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In this back to school special, we look at the grassroots movement led by student activists with the support of some faculty to establish Africana ...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, WNYE and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 6
#22-49 Cuartetto Latinoamericano
From: All Classical Public Media
Series: Played In Oregon
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Cuartetto Latinoamericano plays works by Piazzolla, Ponce, Villa Lobos, and more

Bought by KMXT, Rhythm & News Service, KWAX, RadioFreePalmer, WCNY and more


  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
Black, Latinx Media: Cause for Celebration & Critique
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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The subversive, healing, and celebratory powers of music and media are at the heart of this week’s conversation, featuring Saida Pagán, a contribut...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, RadioFreePalmer, KDNK, and KWMR


  • Added: Jun 23, 2021
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 4
Some Singers We Missed
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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Catching up on current jazz vocalists.

  • Added: Jan 23, 2021
  • Length: 59:25
Obrigado Brazil
From: Will Duchon
Series: The Night Cafe
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Music and artists from Brazil performing Jobim, Moraes and more.

  • Added: Jan 18, 2020
  • Length: 57:05
In Music, Carlos Santana Seeks The Divine
From: NPR Music
Series: Alt.Latino
Caption: Carlos Santana uses music to reflect on his career in this week's episode of Alt.Latino. , Credit: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images
This month the Latin music legend publishes his memoirs, The Universal Tone: Bringing My Story To Light. Alt.Latino grabs him for a rare interview ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WART FM, WKAR, and KMXT


  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Afro Cuban Messenger: Mongo Santamaria
From: Howard Burchette
Series: Jazz Time
Caption: Mongo Santamaria
Mongo Santamaria was best known for "Watermelon Man" and "Afro Blue". He was a percussionist and Cuban. He will most likely be remembered as the be...

Bought by KAZU Seaside, Calif., Spokane Public Radio, Radio New Zealand, and KVMR


  • Added: Apr 22, 2011
  • Length: 55:55
  • Purchases: 4
Arizona's Alberto Rios
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Alberto Rios
Alberto Rios, who grew up in a mixed family on the Arizona-Mexico border, recounts his experiences living between languages and cultures in his mem...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 28:56
Conrad Herwig
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
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World class trombonist Conrad Herwig explains how he gets inspired to put a Latin rhythm under jazz classics.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Apr 03, 2009
  • Length: 06:01
  • Purchases: 1