Tag Archives: Arts & Culture
Extra Edition: Suni Paz: Bandera Mía. (Program repeat).
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3 PROGRAM # 10146 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Suni Paz: Bandera Mía. (Program repeat). This is a conversation with veteran folk singer and songwriter Suni Paz on her album ‘Bandera Mía’, a collection of Argentine folk rhythms and her autobiography book titled ‘Destellos y Sombras’. She also premieres her arrangement Corrido de […]
“100 Ways to Cross the Border.”
MONDAY, OCTOBER 2 PROGRAM # 10145 12:00 PM PT “100 Ways to Cross the Border.” This is a conversation with writer, performance artist and activist Guillermo Gómez-Peña about a film that documents his career and his performance troupe La Pocha Nostra. The documentary, titled “100 Ways to Cross the Border,” features footage from his personal […]
Extra Edition: Composing El Cancionero (Program repeat).
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 PROGRAM # 10139 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Composing El Cancionero (Program repeat). This is a live reunion of Don Miguel Martínez, considered the father of mariachi trumpet music, with Martin Becerra, the first voice of Trio Guayacan and Martín y Malena, groups that in the 1940s headlined Mexico’s cancionero popular. Martínez […]
Extra Edition: Elena Poniatowska. (Program Repeat). Also, Guadalupe Rivera.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 PROGRAM # 10114 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Elena Poniatowska. (Program Repeat). This is a conversation with well-known Mexican journalist and writer Elena Poniatowska about her new novel “Dos veces única,” in which she tells about the life and times of diva Lupe Marín, the second wife of celebrated muralist Diego Rivera. […]
Extra Edition: “Writing 50 Years (más o menos) Amongst the Gringos.” (Repeat)
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8 PROGRAM # 10090 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: “Writing 50 Years (más o menos) Amongst the Gringos.” (Repeat) This book is a collection of writings and excerpts from books of writer and scholar Roberto Dr. Cintli Rodriguez.The book includes columns, essays and stories gathered from the life experience of Rodriguez as a […]
Extra Edition: Trailblazing Trumpeter. (Program Repeat.)
THURSDAY, JULY 13 PROGRAM # 10065 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Trailblazing Trumpeter. (Program Repeat.) This is the third in a series of programs featuring the life and works of Don Miguel Martínez, considered the father of mariachi trumpet music. In addition to his contribution to create the modern sound for mariachi music, Don Miguel […]
Extra Edition: A Mariachi Pioneer. (Program Repeat)
THURSDAY, JULY 6 PROGRAM # 10058 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: A Mariachi Pioneer. (Program Repeat) Don Miguel Martínez, known as the “Father of the mariachi trumpet,” has written his autobiography, “My life, my travels, my experiences: Seven decades in mariachi music,” including anecdotes all the way back to the first time he held a […]
“Corazones and Canciones.”
WEDNESDAY, JULY 5 PROGRAM # 10057 12:00 PM PT “Corazones and Canciones.” LA’s Marisol Hernández, “La Marisoul,” and San Antonio-based Tejano conjunto Los Texmaniacs recently released a repertoire of heartfelt canciones rancheras and boleros. The album, “Corazones and Canciones,” includes Little Joe’s “Las Nubes,” the song that became an anthem for Chicanos during the Movimiento. […]
43 Years Breaking the Silence.
TUESDAY, JULY 4 PROGRAM # 10056 12:00 PM PT 43 Years Breaking the Silence. On the 43rd anniversary of Radio Bilingüe, founder and executive director Hugo Morales reflects on key milestones in the history of the ever-growing community radio network. He tells the story behind the story of the naming of the organization, the launching […]
Extra Edition: Jazzing Up Mariachi Music.(Program Repeat)
TUESDAY, JULY 4 PROGRAM # 10055 11:00 AM PT Extra Edition: Jazzing Up Mariachi Music.(Program Repeat) In the 1940s and ‘50s, Miguel Martínez changed mariachi music forever, from folk music that mostly highlighted string instruments, to music marked first by a single trumpet and later by a trumpet duet. Maestro Martínez was the main individual […]
