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Con Sabor Top Picks 2025/Luis Medina KPFA

Posted by LM on Dec 22, 2025 in More | Comments Off on Con Sabor Top Picks 2025/Luis Medina KPFA

RUBEN BLADES/ROBERTO DELGADO ORCHESTRA FOTOGRAFIAS PETE PERIGNON/AYMEE NUVIOLA CACHE ISSAC DELGADO MIRA COMO VENGO EDUARDO ZAYAS Y SU EZ LA BANDA W/ALL FEMALE VOCAL CAST SALSA CON PERFUME DE MUJER ORQUESTA FAILDE CAMINANDO PIANGO PIANGO SPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA SALSA NAVIDAD GERARDO ROSALES/GUILLAUME MARCENAC CHARAN JAZZ STEVEN OQUENDO LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA A CENTENNIAL SALUTE TO TITO AND TITO CONRAD HERWIG W/EDDIE PALMIERI & LUQUES CURTIS  REFLECTIONS FACING SOUTH JOSE FAJARDO JR. DIAMANTE 75 ANIVERSARIO: HOMENAJE AL REY DE LA FLAUTA, JOSE FAJARDO JOHN SANTOS SEXTET HORIZONTES  PEDRITO MARTINEZ ILUSION OPTICA HAROLD LOPEZ-NUSSA NUEVA TIMBA VARIOUS LATINBAUM RECORD ARTISTS FEAT SF BAY’S HAZEL B, CARLOS RAMIREZ, EDGARDO CAMBON AND OTHERS SEMILLA ZANJA ALL STARS FEAT CHANGUITO/JULIO PADRON/MARIA VICTORIA & ROLANDO LUNA CUBAN JAM SESSION VOLUME 1 HUMBERTO RAMIREZ CATALINO: CANCIONES DE TITE CURET ALONSO JULITO ALVARADO 40 YEARS CELEBRATION-MY MUSICAL JOURNEY RACHEL THERRIEN LATIN JAZZ PROJECT MI HOGAR II MAITE KONTELE-RAMON VALLE HAVANA EDGARDO CAMBON FOR EXPORT ROGER GLENN MY LATIN HEART VARIOUS ARTISTS-MANOLITO SIMONET PRESENTS LA SINFONIA DEL SON MAYITO RIVERA AND THE SONS OF CUBA CON UN SOLO PIE SINGLES DON PERIGNON Y LA PUERTORRIQUENA FEAT ANDY MONTAÑEZ LA BIKINA TROMBORANGA BAILA SON MONTUNO PEPE RIOS Y GRUPO LA MANCHA SOLOS NO ESTAN ISMAEL MIRANDA SIEMPRE CANTARE  YENY VALDES & TEAM BAHIA TIMBA EN CALIFORNIA RICHIE VEE/FRANKIE VAZQUEZ A LA CHOCOLATE (TRIBUTO A JOHNNY DANDY RODRIGUEZ) NORBERT VELEZ W/TITO NIEVES Y SI MAÑANA ALAIN PEREZ W/ISSAC DELGADO BINGO SPECIAL BROADCASTS/EVENTS BULULU – CON SABOR LIVE SESSION MAY 2025-KPFA/LUIS MEDINA PRODUCER/HOST 2024 RELEASES THAT SPILLED OVER TO 2025 CHUCHO VALDES ROYAL QUARTET CUBA AND BEYOND GIOVANNI HIDALGO JUBILATION EDUARDO ZAYAS Y SU EZ LA BANDA MAS ZAYAS QUE PESCAO GILBERTO SANTA ROSA DEBUT Y SEGUNDA TANDA...

New Method for ticket giveaways on Con Sabor w/Luis Medina, 9 to 11 PM PST starting tonight 3/22/25 on KPFA 94.1 FM

Posted by LM on Mar 22, 2025 in More | Comments Off on New Method for ticket giveaways on Con Sabor w/Luis Medina, 9 to 11 PM PST starting tonight 3/22/25 on KPFA 94.1 FM

Tonight starts a new method of ticket giveaways! Offering or inviting listeners to call in while enjoying the frequencies of Radio has changed at KPFA/Pacifica. We can’t do it the old way! Social Media and my Facebook platform is and will be the avenue for future ticket giveaways. We’re going to give it a shot tonight and see what happens! This is what I have for tonight: I have 4 pairs of tickets to see the renowned Cuban big band Orquesta Akokan at the new Presidio Theatre located inside the Presidio, 99 Moraga Avenue in SF. The show is on Wednesday, April 2nd at 7:30 pm! If you want to attend, here’s what you must do: email me at luis@kpfa.org when I finish the 10 pm community events calendar! Leave your first and last name, phone number or email address. I will call the winners on Sunday! The first 4 listeners who respond will get the tickets! Recepients of the tickets will be chosen based on the time you called in or emailed me. Thank you and good...

Playlist-Con Sabor Saturday 2/22/2025 – 9 to 11 PM PST-KPFA 94.1 FM/www.kpfa.org

Posted by LM on Feb 22, 2025 in More | Comments Off on Playlist-Con Sabor Saturday 2/22/2025 – 9 to 11 PM PST-KPFA 94.1 FM/www.kpfa.org

Here is the playlist for the special two hour program for the KPFA Winter Fund Drive 2025. You can pledge to support Con Sabor by going to www.kpfa.org and click donate. Con Sabor will be pre-empted next week, Sat 3/1/25 for the Grateful Dead Marathon. I’ll be back in two weeks on Sat, 3/8/25. Thanks for your support and listenership!

Con Sabor Playlist for Sat. 2/8/2025 – In The Mix first hour 9-10 pm; Rebroadcast of 2nd Hour by Popular Demand from Sat. 2/1/2025-KPFA 94.1 FM and www.kpfa.org.

Posted by LM on Feb 8, 2025 in More | Comments Off on Con Sabor Playlist for Sat. 2/8/2025 – In The Mix first hour 9-10 pm; Rebroadcast of 2nd Hour by Popular Demand from Sat. 2/1/2025-KPFA 94.1 FM and www.kpfa.org.

Here is the playlist for tonight’s Con Sabor w/Luis Medina on KPFA. Thanks for your support and for listening this evening to this special mix program. Hasta la proxima!!

Con Sabor Playlist for the 1/18/25 program featuring an interview with John Santos

Posted by LM on Jan 26, 2025 in More | Comments Off on Con Sabor Playlist for the 1/18/25 program featuring an interview with John Santos

It’s been a while since I’ve chatted with John Santos who is celebrating his new recording “Horizontes” by John Santos Sextet and Friends on his Machete label which is also celebrating its 40th Anniversary. There will be a celebration this coming Saturday, February 1st, 8 pm at the Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison Street in Berkeley.

Ticket Giveaway on Con Sabor tonight 1/11/25= 2 pairs-Omar Sosa/Seckou Keita @ The Freight & Salvage – Fri 8 pm; Richard Bona @ Yoshi’s Oakland this Tuesday 1/14 @ 8 pm – 1 pair. Phone number is 510-848-4425

Posted by LM on Jan 11, 2025 in More | Comments Off on Ticket Giveaway on Con Sabor tonight 1/11/25= 2 pairs-Omar Sosa/Seckou Keita @ The Freight & Salvage – Fri 8 pm; Richard Bona @ Yoshi’s Oakland this Tuesday 1/14 @ 8 pm – 1 pair. Phone number is 510-848-4425

Con Sabor Playlist 1/4/25 – Best of 2024 and New Releases Jan 4, 2025

Posted by LM on Jan 5, 2025 in More | Comments Off on Con Sabor Playlist 1/4/25 – Best of 2024 and New Releases Jan 4, 2025

Feliz Año Nuevo/Happy New Year, I hope all of you are well. I broadcast my first program of 2025 this past Saturday on Con Sabor with my list of top recordings of 2024 in the genres of Salsa, Latin Jazz, Musica Cubana and a new music preview this past Saturday, January 4th on KPFA.

Con Sabor Christmas Show Playlist 12/21/24

Posted by LM on Dec 28, 2024 in More, Radio | Comments Off on Con Sabor Christmas Show Playlist 12/21/24

Hola Mi Gente, I want to wish Happy Holidays to all of you! I had a blast last Saturday evening on Con Sabor hosting the program and playing Christmas music for everyone! Attorney and Entertainment advocate Bill Martinez joined me to bring more Christmas cheer to the evening. The following is my playlist for this Christmas program aired this last Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. You can access the program at kpfa.org/archives. Once you access the page look for Con Sabor for Sat 12/21/24 at 9 PM PST.

Happy 88th Birthday to Maestro Eddie Palmieri 12/15/24 plus Live Music Notes

Posted by LM on Dec 15, 2024 in More | Comments Off on Happy 88th Birthday to Maestro Eddie Palmieri 12/15/24 plus Live Music Notes

Happy 88th Birthday to the maestro Eddie Palmieri who was born on this date in 1936. Eddie has over 6 decades of a musical legacy full with phenomenal live performances and classic recordings in both the Salsa and Latin Jazz realm. Eddie started his solo career after leaving the popular Tito Rodriguez orchestra in 1960. Eddie created a new innovative sound combining a front line of trombones with a flute rather than the traditional trumpet approach in his horn section with his acclaimed orchestra “La Perfecta” back in 1961.

Thanksgiving/Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend in the SF Bay/Live Music

Posted by LM on Nov 29, 2024 in More | Comments Off on Thanksgiving/Indigenous Peoples Day Weekend in the SF Bay/Live Music

Known worldwide as “The Queen of Percussion”, Sheila E and her group The E Train will be headlining this holiday weekend at Yoshi’s, Jack London Square in Oakland. Sheila E’s latest recording “Bailar” has been nominated for a Grammy in the Best Tropical Latin album for 2024 which will be decided early next year!