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- Added: Oct 23, 2019
- Length: 04:18
- Purchases: 1
Classically trained percussionist Reynaliz Herrera used to use her bike to get around Boston. Now, she uses it to make music.
- Added: Jun 20, 2019
- Length: 05:10
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)
Series: Immigration and Labor: Stories from the Texas Workforce (2018 Summer Institute)
Workers across Texas have to fight to receive their wages and fair treatment. The Workers Defense Project Band gives their fight a soundtrack.
Thi...
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- Added: Jul 03, 2018
- Length: 04:40
- Purchases: 1
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 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
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
Pianist Danilo Perez combines composition and improvisation in his Latin and straight ahead performances.
- Added: Jul 26, 2017
- Length: 07:08
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
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
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
From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries
Tuning an accordion isn't just a matter of intonation. The sculpting of the reeds makes all the difference between those classic sounds, from Texas...
- Added: Jul 27, 2016
- Length: 07:22
Musician Marco Polo Santiago was raised in L.A., in a big Mexican-American family, with the sound of cumbia always in the background. He grew up to...
- Added: Nov 02, 2015
- Length: 09:13
Berkeley-based singer songwriter Diana Gameros comes from Ciudad Juárez -- a Mexican border town ripped apart by violent drug cartels. Gameros hasn...
- Added: Oct 02, 2015
- Length: 03:44
Cuban-born pianist Nachito Herrera moved to Minnesota in 2001, and quickly made a name for himself as a jazz player, composing and performing and w...
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- Added: Nov 19, 2014
- Length: 05:38
- Purchases: 1
Every day, Teodoro Cuevas dresses in his black flared pants with silver buttons down the side. He sits against a tree across from the bustling sub...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio
- Added: Jul 29, 2014
- Length: 03:11
- Purchases: 1
Ivan Gálvez plays timbales with the Seattle band Picoso. He also scans my brainwaves with an electroencephalogram machine at the hospital where he ...
Bought by KZYX, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KUOW
- Added: Jun 11, 2014
- Length: 11:16
- Purchases: 3
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
Twin Cities Salsa band has earned honors, and plays a new Spot
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Explore the world of Cajun music and beyond with the Zozo Sisters. Grammy-winning vocalist Linda Ronstadt and Cajun folk traditionalist Ann Savoy t...
- Added: Dec 13, 2013
- Length: 29:00
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
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...
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- Added: Nov 03, 2013
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Ben Weisz discovers the vibrant street tradition of Candombe drumming, and explores its origins among Montevideo's Afro-Uruguayan community.
- Added: Oct 08, 2013
- Length: 08:28
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...
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- Added: Sep 22, 2013
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Gilbert Zermeño tells his wife, Pat Powers-Zermeño, about wanting to join the school band when he was in 6th grade.
- Added: Jul 01, 2013
- Length: 02:30
- Purchases: 2
The Art and Entertainment News That You Want To Know!
Featuring Poet Ruth Nolan and Musician Frankie Hernandez.
- Added: Jun 17, 2013
- Length: 58:01
