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Sabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 10/14/2020

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Sabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 10/14/2020

Hi Everyone, this program featured in the first hour our feature on Charanga Part 2 focusing on New York Charanga from 1960 to 1981. The Six at 6 pm segment featured the music of the mighty Venezuelan Salsa icon Oscar D’Leon.

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New Live Scenes Up & Down during COVID & Livestreams

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New Live Scenes Up & Down during COVID & Livestreams

COVID is still around and surges are occurring all over the country. The pandemic is so real that it’s preventing live music from fully returning to be part of the new normal.

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Sabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 10/7/2020

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Sabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 10/7/2020

This week, I had the pleasure of interviewing Cuban percussion phenom Calixto Oviedo and his wife, vocalist Lily Hernandez on the program. Calixto who was the drummer/percussionist for Timba legends NG La Banda and has enjoyed a fine solo career in Europe and the US shared his new recording “Latin Funk” which features Hernandez. They will be each coming out with new recordings early in the coming year. I also gave a Six at 6 pm segment tribute to Fania All Star bassist and Salsa great Bobby Valentin.

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Con Sabor Playlist 10/9/2020

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Con Sabor Playlist 10/9/2020

Thanks for supporting KPFA and Con Sabor during our last fund drive. This first week after fund drive, I was able to catch up with multi-Grammy award winner Arturo O’Farrill about the new documentary “Fandango At The Wall”. (visit fandangowall.com for info).

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Con Sabor Playlist/Fund Drive KPFA 10/3/2020

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Con Sabor Playlist/Fund Drive KPFA 10/3/2020

Here is the playlist for my fund drive program for KPFA on Saturday, October 3rd:

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Sabiduria Con Tumbao playlist 9/30/2020

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Sabiduria Con Tumbao playlist 9/30/2020

The first hour was dedicated to the Charanga. On this part 1, the emphasis was on the classic Charanga music from Cuba: Arcaño y Sus Maravillas, Aragon, Enrique Jorrin, Belisario Lopez, Sensacion with Abelardo Barroso were among other greats that were featured. The Six at 6 pm segment was devoted to “El Poeta De La Salsa”…the great Ruben Blades

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COVID 19 Ups and Downs-Live Music & the Politics of Dancing

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COVID 19 Ups and Downs-Live Music & the Politics of Dancing

There are new live music scenes opening back up that are allowing Salsa couple dancing in the age of COVID 19. A few dining places in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California have allowed DJ’s to spin Latin dance music and have opened up a dance floor at their establishments.

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Con Sabor Playlist 9/26/2020

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Con Sabor Playlist 9/26/2020

Here is the accurate playlist for the first Con Sabor fund drive program for KPFA this past Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. The playlist in the KPFA archives is not complete due to a glitch in their playlist system. Included in this week’s music offerings was new music by Marco Bermudez, Edwin Perez, El Noro, Vission Latina, Eric Maldonado and the Paris All Stars with Pichie Perez, the Santiago All Stars, Maelo Y Su Klan, Alexis Guillen and Orquesta La Original and Willie Morales “El Piloto De La Salsa”.

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Sabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 9/23/2020

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Sabiduria Con Tumbao Playlist 9/23/2020

Sabiduria Con Tumbao honored the late, great “Mr. Hard Hands”….Ray Barretto this past Wednesday with both a tribute and six of his great tunes on the Six at 6 (pm) segment.

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New Recordings 9/26/2020

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New Recordings 9/26/2020

The renowned trio of Vision Latina consisting of pianist/trumpeter Marco Diaz, bassist Saul Sierra and percussionist Carlos Caro have released an exciting new single “El Pan De Juan”. The single features the fresh new presence of guest vocalist Alberto Alberto along with percussionist Julio Perez who performs live dates with the group.

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