Date Pegs » Hispanic History Month

Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15 through October 15. We will continue to update this playlist through September.
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In this Hip Deep edition, we find out how cumbia left Colombia in the ‘60s and ‘70s and traveled to other countries.

Bought by WERA-LP, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., KAAD-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSTK and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 12
Caption: Joe Cuba, Stepping Out
We honor the late Joe Cuba with this portrait of "Bugalú," produced for Afropop Worldwide by Ned Sublette.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WERA-LP, KAAD-LP, WLPR , High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: Ismael Rivera
Beny Moré and Ismael Rivera are national heroes in their home countries, Cuba and Puerto Rico respectively. They were soneros of the highest order,...

Bought by WERA-LP, WLPR , KAAD-LP, RadioFreePalmer, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Luis Vargas, bachatero
Recalling the American blues, bachata was infamous as the anthem of the hard-drinking, womanizing, down-on-his-luck man, vilified as the entertainm...

Bought by WLPR , WERA-LP, WWNO, KAAD-LP, High Plains Public Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 7
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It's Latine Heritage Month and Beat Latino is celebrating with recent releases from the 7 lands that celebrate their independence between Sept. 15-...

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


  • Added: Sep 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 6
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Every year, an estimated 65,000 undocumented students graduate from American high schools. Raised entirely in American culture, they finish high s...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, High Plains Public Radio, WYPR, WRGY, WKSU and more


  • Added: Mar 30, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 41
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The United States has always been a beacon for those searching for safe haven, for a place to build a better life. Though the barriers are high, an...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WYPR, WRGY, High Plains Public Radio, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 11, 2015
  • Length: 01:51:01
  • Purchases: 80
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A conversational profile of Cesar Chavez featuring his United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, Chavez scholar Jose-Antonio Orosco and Texas ...

Bought by KDNK, KGUA, WWNO, KGLP, KUOW and more


  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 58:45
  • Purchases: 43
Caption: Conductor Ataúlfo Argenta
Ataúlfo Argenta, one of the great conductors of the 20th century, in works by Manuel de Falla and Francisco Escudero.

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


  • Added: Oct 02, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 9
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
Caption: Hymnus peregrinorum “Dum pater familias” fragment from Codex Calixtinus
From as far back as the ninth century, perhaps earlier, pilgrims have followed El Camino de Santiago to the shrine of St. James in Compostela. On t...

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


  • Added: Jan 14, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 34
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 WXXI Rochester, KVNO, KRZA, KSJE, KENW and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 43
Caption: Guitarist-composer Jorge Caballero
A program of well-known Spanish keyboard and orchestral treasures transcribed for guitar and heard anew.

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


  • Added: Feb 18, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 41
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
Caption: Gaieteros (Galician Bagpipers)
Forgotten by time and still finding an audience: hidden treasures from South America and the Iberian Peninsula.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KVNO, KRZA, KSJE and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2023
  • Length: 58:32
  • Purchases: 36
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A program devoted to the Fandango, the most Spanish of Spanish songs and dances. We’ll hear a variety of classical interpretations by Antonio Soler...

Bought by WRTI, WCQS, KWAX, GCR (Global Community Radio), New Hampshire Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 19, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 38
Caption: Havana String Quartet
A recital of 20th -century chamber music by Cuban-born composers performed by the Grammy Award-winning Havana String Quartet.

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 37
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Flamenco may be the music tradition best known outside of Spain, but Spain's rich musical dance heritage includes waltzes, sardanas, mazurkas, and ...

Bought by KMUN, New Hampshire Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KUCO, WRTI and more


  • Added: Oct 15, 2023
  • Length: 58:31
  • Purchases: 37
Caption: Isaac Manuel Francisco Albéniz y Pascual
Keyboard masterpieces by the Spanish compsoer and piano virtuoso Isaac Albéniz, performed by Miguel Baselga and Judith Jáuregui

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), KSJE, WRTI, KMUN and more


  • Added: Jan 22, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 36
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20th-century South American classcis from Argentina’s Carlos Guastavino to Chile’s Juan Antonio Sánchez to Venezuela’s Evencio Castellanos.

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 37
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From Cuba’s Joaquín Nin and Leo Brouwer to Argentina’s Astor Piazzolla and Osvaldo Golijov to Uruguay’s Alfonso Broqua, music by Latin American com...

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


  • Added: Nov 05, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 41
Caption: Guitarist Narciso Yepes
From the Generation of the Maestros to El Grupo de los Ocho to today, orchestral works by Julio Gómez, Salvador Bacarisse, and José Luis Greco.

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


  • Added: Oct 29, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 44
Caption: Alberto Ginastera with pianist Barabara Nissman
Works by Alberto Ginastera, the self-described “man of Latin America” and one of South America’s most important and innovative composers of the twe...

Bought by KMUN, KUCO, WRTI, KSJE, KVNO and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 43
Caption: Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616)
A program of music inspired by Miguel de Cervantes’ timeless novel Don Quixote. Manuel de Falla’s one-act opera Master Peter’s Puppet Show (El Reta...

Bought by KMUN, KUCO, WRTI, KSJE, WCQS and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 49
Caption: a page from the Codex Las Huelgas
The female a capella quartet Anonymous 4 present selections from the Burgos Codex Las Huelgas, dating from the turn of the 14th century.

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


  • Added: Sep 24, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 39
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
Caption: Flamenco dancers Laura del Sol and Antonio Gades
Love songs, nothing but love songs! Spanish love songs for El Día de los Enamorados – Valentine’s Day from Sephardic romances from the Middle Ages ...

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  • Added: Feb 03, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 28
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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
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Classical and traditional music of Puerto Rico, Venezuela, and Paraguay, as well as a work by a North-American composer with Peruvian, Chinese, Lit...

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


  • Added: Mar 04, 2024
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 21
Caption: Valencia Cathedral, Spain
Francisco Guerrero, Joan and Josep Pla, and Domenico Scarlatti on this week's edition of Spanish Music in eras ranging from the Renaissance through...

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


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 58:30
  • Purchases: 20
Caption: Roberto Martinez, Sr., Credit: Genevieve Russell
The story of one of the most long-lived and influential traditional New Mexican Hispanic musical groups in the state, Los Reyes de Albuquerque. Th...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUPR low power FM, WVTF, WUFT, KUNM and more


  • Added: Jan 05, 2010
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 20
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"Divas Latinas" pays homage to the legendary women of Latino Music, whose music affected the social, political and cultural fabric of several gener...

Bought by KTSW 89.9, WNMU-FM, Radio Catskill, WNMU-FM, WUFT and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2009
  • Length: 59:05
  • Purchases: 14
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Juan "Jan" Rodrigues, the First Free African in the Hudson Valley (1612-1614)

Bought by WRPI and WNYC


  • Added: Jan 25, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 2
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LatinoAltROCK was created with the goal of sharing the music that is part of our cultural experience, with a wider audience.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KZYX, KUOW, KRSC, and KPVL


  • Added: Feb 04, 2013
  • Length: 53:27
  • Purchases: 5
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Stories of being both gay and Latino in the US

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KUOW, KTSW 89.9, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KZYX and more


  • Added: May 25, 2006
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 15
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This week on Smart City...every city has a unique story: how it came to be, who it's citizens are, and what its future holds. We'll speak with de...

Bought by KUOW, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KUT-HD and more


  • Added: Apr 29, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Esteban 'Steve' Jordan, Credit: www.estebanjordan.com
Music-Rich Hour-long Radio Documentary on Latino Accordion Legend Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

Bought by High Plains Public Radio, KMUN, WNMU-FM, 90.5 WSNC, KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 15, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 8
Caption: Chicano Moratorium march, Aug. 29, 1970., Credit: Courtesy of Joe Razo and the publication La Raza.
Fifty years ago, 30,000 people peacefully protested the disproportionate number of Latinos dying on the frontlines in Vietnam. The August 29th Chic...

Bought by WFHB, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, KVNF, KDNK and more


  • Added: Aug 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
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A conversational profile of Cesar Chavez featuring his United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta and Chavez scholar Jose-Antonio Orosco. Toget...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZYX, KVSC, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
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On this edition we hear the story of La Llorona (the weeping woman)-- a story that's been told since the time of the Spanish conquest, all over Mex...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KVNF, KZYX, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and more


  • Added: Oct 09, 2008
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 24
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We take a look on why is the domestic violence a growing problem within Hispanics.

Bought by KFCF FM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 27:41
  • Purchases: 1
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We explore what Islam is and what is like to be a Latino muslim

Bought by KDNA Radio


  • Added: Jul 14, 2009
  • Length: 27:53
  • Purchases: 1
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During the early and mid-twentieth century, many Latin American writers engaged with international literary and cultural movements.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRZA, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, WRNC-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 05, 2008
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: Gabriela Cubillos prepares tamales in her home. , Credit: Eroyn Franklin
In our final segment, producer Jessica Partnow follows the story of one family living in immigration limbo in Auburn, Washington.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, XRAY.fm, KISU, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Jun 16, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 6
Caption:  Maricruz Jaramillo (standing) and Samoa Asigau wait for their ride back to the Charles Darwin Research Station after an early morning of catching birds in an agricultural area on Santa Cruz Island., Credit: Véronique LaCapra, St. Louis Public Radio
What motivates young people to become scientists? Meet Maricruz Jaramillo and Samoa Asigau, two young women scientists from opposite sides of the P...

Bought by KMUN, Cards Against Humanity: The Good News Podcast, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WNIJ and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 14
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On January 21st 2011, a newspaper in the Boston neighborhood of Jamaica Plain broke the story. The 47-year old Hi Lo Hispanic grocery store would ...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, TurnStyle, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUT and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 6
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While some of the rural Midwest is hollowing out, regions like Sioux County, Iowa, are actually growing, thanks largely to immigrant populations mo...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KUER, KRZA, KVNO, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 05:26
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: The Girl From Empanada working it on a Friday night, Credit: Photo by Myleen Hollero
Street food is hot! But why are entrepreneurs turning to this option? For the owner of Chile Lindo, an empanada storefront, the answer is simple: i...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer and KUOW


  • Added: Oct 19, 2009
  • Length: 05:07
  • Purchases: 2
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Hispanics are the largest and fastest growing minority group in the country. Though many are recent immigrants, Hispanics have been living in Ameri...

Bought by WRFA-LP, KZYX, KRZA, RadioFreePalmer, KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Sep 26, 2013
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 9
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This story explores what life is like in the US working without papers

Bought by KUOW, KRUA, and WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 14, 2008
  • Length: 04:40
  • Purchases: 3
From: WAMU
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When Josue arrived in the US he was surprised to find that some of the Latino students in his school weren't as welcoming as he thought they'd be.

Bought by WMNF and YouthCast


  • Added: Sep 08, 2005
  • Length: 03:22
  • Purchases: 2
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Business owners in OKC's Hispanic neighborhood describe the impact of strict, new measures cracking down on illegal immigration

Bought by KRUA and KCUR


  • Added: Feb 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 2
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California, Arizona, and Massachusetts have all replaced bilingual education with an English immersion model. This was supposed to help close the a...

  • Added: Aug 27, 2012
  • Length: 04:01
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The story of one family and many generations of women in Conjunto music. Produced by Stories Summer Institute youth reporters Arlette Flores, Jenni...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, KALW, PRX Remix, and KSFR


  • Added: Aug 23, 2012
  • Length: 03:37
  • Purchases: 4
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María Elena Salinas, Periodista y Presentadora de Televisión.

Bought by WVAS and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
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Miguel Ángel Montero, Beisbolista de Las Grandes Ligas

Bought by WVAS and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Vikky Carr, Cantante México Americana.

Bought by WVAS and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
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Los Tigres del Norte, Grupo Regional Mexicano.

Bought by WVAS and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Dulce Matuz, Arizona Dream Act Coalition President.

Bought by WVAS and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Henry Cejudo, Medallista Olímpico – Beijing 2008.

Bought by WVAS and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: :59
  • Purchases: 2
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Dolores Huerta, Líder del Movimiento de Derechos Civiles.

Bought by WVAS and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Hilda Solis, 25th US Secretary of Labor

Bought by WVAS and Delta College Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 2

  • Added: Aug 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:01
  • Purchases: 2