Sabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 1/20/2021
Sabiduria Con Tumbao featured a Six at 6 pm segment tribute to Fania All Stars member, Bandleader, Bongo legend and Dancer Roberto Roena who turned 81 years old this month. Roena, a true showman has had a star studded career since joining Rafael Cortijo’s group at the tender age of 16. He later joined El Gran Combo before forming his group, The Apollo Sound in 1969.
read moreMusic News: Richie Ray and Livestreams this Week 1/21-1/24/2021
Salsa piano legend Ricardo (Richie) Ray has just released a new instrumental recording Salsa Jazz and Beethoven on his own label. Richie studied classical piano at the prestigious Julliard School Of Music before launching into his five decade plus career back in the 1960’s.
read moreSabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 1/13/2021
Sabiduria Con Tumbao dedicated it’s Six at 6 pm segment to Las Damas Del Bolero…a spotlight to six boleros sung by the fierce female voices in Afro-Latin music. Celia Cruz, Gabriela, La Lupe, La India, Omara Portuondo and Lucrecia were featured in this segment. Plus Haila Mompie’s tribute to the late Armando Manzanero
read moreCon Sabor Playlist 1/9/2021
I presented Part 2 of my best recordings of 2020 this week. You can check out my complete list if you scroll down the entries on my blog
read moreSabiduria Con Tumbao 1/6/2021
I hope that all of you have had a good start to your year despite the surge of the Coronavirus and the violent, political turmoil that we are in at this present day. Keep your heads up, folks!! Sabiduria Con Tumbao started the New Year honoring the dynamic duo of Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz.
read moreCon Sabor Playlist 1/2/2021
Happy New Year to everyone!! I played my best of 2020 in Salsa, Musica Cubana, Latin Jazz on the 24th Anniversary of Con Sabor! The program started on the first weekend of January in 1997. Time flies when you’re having fun!! I want to thank all of the listeners and aficionados of Salsa, Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean music who have supported the program all of these years!
read moreCine+Mas SF Latino Film Festival Goes on-line for 2021
The extraordinary times that we live in due to the Coronavirus Pandemic have changed the nature of festivals. Case in point, the 2021 version of the Cine+Mas SF Latino Film Festival has gone completely on-line. The festival is going on now through January 10th.
read moreSabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 12/30/2020
Sabiduria Con Tumbao gave a Six at 6 pm tribute to the late Tito Rojas “El Gallo Salsero” who passed away due to a heart attack on Dec. 26th at the age of 65. I played a combination of hit songs and live tracks in honor of Tito Rojas.
read moreCon Sabor – Top Recordings 2020/Salsa/Latin Jazz/Musica Cubana/Singles
The following are the recordings in Salsa, Musica Cubana and Latin Jazz that impressed me during this challenging year of 2020. I included the Top Singles category for the first time since that was a dominant trend in artists putting out singles rather than full length recordings in music this year.
read moreSabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 12/23/2020
Sabiduria Con Tumbao celebrated Christmas/Navidad with part 2 of a Holiday Six at 6 pm segment branching out to a full hour plus of aguinaldos, parrandas and Christmas Salsa, Merengue and more! The mix featured two new singles including a Christmas song by Carlos Xavier and a new collaboration between Maikel Blanco and Los Van Van
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