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The Spanish Hour 2415: Music for the Festival of Sant Jordi
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: A rose and a book for La Diada de Sant Jordi
The Spanish Hour celebrates the Catalan national holiday with Catalan classics from the Renaissance through the 20th century.

Bought by WCQS, WRGY, KRZA, WXXI Rochester, New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 07, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 40
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 2411: Music for Children
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: Young People's Chorus of New York City members
Music written for children -- to sing, to play, to enjoy -- by Cuban-born Paquito D'Rivera and Emilio Aragón, Catalan Xavier Montsalvatge, and Teru...

Bought by Royalton Community Radio, KSJE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, KVNO and more


  • Added: Mar 10, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 31
The Spanish Hour 2409: Mexico‘s Choral Music Tradition
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
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From 17th -century masters Juan García de Zéspedes and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla to modern-day composers Guillermo Alvarez Navarro and Sergio Cárde...

Bought by KSJE, New Hampshire Public Radio, WRTI, WCQS, KVNO and more


  • Added: Feb 25, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 33
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
The Spanish Hour 2402: Invitation to the Dance
From: Candice Agree
Series: The Spanish Hour with Candice Agree
Caption: John Singer Sargent: "El Jaleo"
A program recorded live in concert of Spanish and Latin American music of some of the most recognizable and beloved popular dances of Spain. Habane...

Bought by KSJE, GCR (Global Community Radio), KMUN, WCQS, WXXI Rochester and more


  • Added: Jan 08, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 48
DJ Queen Duin Creates Community Through Music
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: DJ Queen Duin, Credit: Vanessa Hernandez
Vanessa Duina Hernandez known locally as DJ Queen Duin is a music curator and radio host who hosts residencies at the Saloon in downtown Minneapoli...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2022
  • Length: 05:55
Canción Mixteca
From: Out of the Blocks
Series: Out of the Blocks, Quick Hits
Piece image
Singer Yesenia Mejia of Artisanas Mexicanas

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 1
Charanga Tropical Brings Cuban Charanga to the Ice house in Minneapolis
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Charanga Tropical is led by Twin Cities sax and flute player, Doug Little. Doug began studying Cuban music in 2002, and founded Charanga Tropical i...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Charanga Tropical Brings Cuban Charanga to the Upper Midwest
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Charanga Tropical, Credit: Walter Horishnyk
Charanga Tropical is led by Twin Cities sax and flute player, Doug Little. Doug began studying Cuban music in 2002, and founded Charanga Tropical i...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra’s 18 Pieces Fills with Sound Crooner’s in Minneapolis this Tuesday
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra, Credit: Diego Ramallo
The Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra is 18 pieces in all. It’s got a growing book of tunes, a growing audience and growing stature. In 2017, the Tw...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2017
  • Length: 08:00
The Future Seems Bright for the Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra
From: KBEM
Series: Minnesota Music Profiles
Caption: Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra, Credit: Diego Ramallo
The Twin Cities Latin Jazz orchestra is a 19-piece group playing in the 21st century. The size of the band might seem incongruous in an era of stri...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2017
  • Length: 06:59
Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra Plays a Twin Cities Listening Room
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Twin Cities Latin Jazz Orchestra, Credit: Diego Ramallo
A few years ago, Jeff Senn and Mac Santiago, experienced Minnesota jazz players, noticed a lack of a Latin Jazz Orchestra locally. So they recruite...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 05:00
The Life and Times of Saxophonist Chico Freeman
From: Reese Erlich
Caption: Chico Freeman
Jazz saxophonist Chico Freeman talks about his famous father, Von Freeman, and about his experiences living in Europe. Freeman has now returned to ...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
Nachito Herrera plays Ernesto Lecuona Feb 15 2014 at the Dakota
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Nachito Herrera at the piano, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Saint Paul, MN-based International artist Nachito Herrera tackles the solo piano repertoire of Cuban piano player and composer Ernesto Lecuona. The...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Tropical Zone at Mediteranean Cruise Cafe New Year's Eve and January. Piece for Broadcast Dec. 30, 2013 - Jan 2, 2014
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Pedro Fonseca, leader of Tropical Zone, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
Twin Cities Salsa band has earned honors, and plays a new Spot

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Dec 16, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alma Andina at the Cedar Cultural Center, Dec 6, 2013. For broadcast Dec 2-5, 2013.
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Alma Andina, Credit: Hugh Garrido
Alma Andina (Andes folk music) shares the bill with Malamaya (playing a variety of Cuban forms) at the Cedar Cultural Center, Dec 6, 2013.

  • Added: Nov 27, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
JazzMN with a tribute concert to Latin Jazz master Tito Puente. Piece for Nov 4-7, 2013.
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: Rey Rivera, JazzMN percussionist, Credit: Philip Nusbaum
Tito Puente had a career spanning over 50 years, and is considered one of the prime movers of Latin Jazz. This show gets listeners ready for the Ti...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Mexican Band plays in a Burnsville Library, Oct 5 2013. For broadcast Sept 30-Oct 4, 2013
From: KBEM
Series: Twin Cities Weekend
Caption: la Familia Torres-Pena, Credit: Phil Nusbaum
The group, la Familia Torres-Pena has been prominent in Twin Cities Mexican music for decades. The couple's two children figure in this group. In t...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 22, 2013
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Local group Los Cenzontles proudly says, "Yo soy Mexico Americano"
From: KALW
Caption: Los Cenzontles, Credit: http://www.themockingbirds.info/
Los Cenzontles is a unique musical group. Based in San Pablo, it's a band that usually performs usually performs and writes rock, latin fusion musi...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2011
  • Length: 09:56
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
Claudio Roditi
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Caption: Claudio Roditi
Trumpeter Claudio Roditi fuses the smooth rhythms of his native Brazil with the New York jazz tradition.

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY


  • Added: Apr 02, 2009
  • Length: 07:01
  • Purchases: 1
Cyro Baptista: in his own words
From: David Schulman
Series: Musicians in their own words
Piece image
Cyro Baptista in his percussion garage ...

Bought by PRX Remix, KFAI Minneapolis, The Story, and KGLT


  • Added: Feb 04, 2008
  • Length: 07:06
  • Purchases: 4
Musical Tribute to Ray Barretto
From: Reese Erlich
Series: Jazz Perspectives
Piece image
Ray Barretto, who died today, left an incredible musical legacy

Bought by WAER Syracuse, NY, WEKU, KGOU, and KCUR


  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 03:27
  • Purchases: 4