About the Show
Live show featuring a wide spectrum of Latin Music
Corazon brings to the listeners a broad variety of Latin music. This is an opportunity for all Latin music lovers to immerse themselves in the sounds of Latin America and the Caribean. Latin Lounge includes the simple rural conjunto, the sophisticated habaneras, Latin jazz, the rhythmic sounds of the Puerto Rican plenas, and the simple and moving Andean flute.
Latin music is very diverse, with the only truly unifying thread being the use of Latin-derived languages, predominantly the Spanish language and the Portuguese language spoken in Brazil.
Cafe Tacvba’s new release: El Objeto Antes llamado Disco
“…y con este canto yo dejo este manto…”
Cafe Tacvba is considered one of the most influential bands in the history of Latin Rock.
Camilo Lara a/k/a Instituto Mexicano de Sonido
…“Mexico” is Lara’s caustic commentary on what the country has become during the past six years of drug violence. “We’re living in a place that is almost at war, where all the people that are supposed to take care of your safety are working with the narco and the people that are causing the violence,” he said. “So I guess what I did with my song is I tried to do kind of a song that speaks from my point of view. I don’t have any agenda. I’m just a citizen that does music.”
Chavela Vargas (April 17, 1919 – August 5, 2012)
Chavela Vargas fue una de las artistas que con más éxito, sentimiento y orgullo llevó la cultura mexicana a todo el mundo.
Chavela Vargas, unsurpassed interpreter of the “ranchera” song, who shattered gender stereotypes and blazed a legendary path through 20th century Mexican popular culture, has died. Vargas died of multiple organ failure in Cuernavaca, Mexico days after returning from Spain, where she had been promoting a CD dedicated to Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca. Chavela Vargas experienced her first flush of fame in the mid-20th century, she enjoyed an intense resurgence in 1990s, with a rediscovery fueled by Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar, who championed her music and included it in some of his films. It was Almodovar who possibly describes Vargas’ voice best by calling it “la voz aspera de la ternura” — the rough voice of tenderness.
Sigan oyendo y no se despeguen!!
Hi Jenny,
Listening to your Latin Lounge show right now. David sent me the link. You sound great!! Love Latin music!
Take care,
Kevin
On Monday, July 13, Latin Lounge took us on a journey through the many sides of Latin music. We did not stay with one style or in one country. We moved from the rock of Aterciopelados to the free-spirited music of Macaco, followed by Chambao’s smooth blend of flamenco and electronic sounds.
From there, we explored the modern cumbia of La Yegros, the bolero and cumbia rhythms of Kchiporros, and the joyful Nicaraguan marimba of La Cuneta Son Machín. We also heard Novalima’s deep Afro-Peruvian grooves, the playful Caribbean sound of El Caribefunk, the warmth of Dominican singer-songwriter Vicente García, and a tender Brazilian forró by Mariana Aydar and Mestrinho. We closed the program with the bold Cuban funk of Cimafunk.
Latin music is not defined by a single sound. It is rock and flamenco, cumbia and bolero, marimba and forró, Afro-Peruvian rhythms and Cuban funk. It comes from Spain, Argentina, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, and Cuba, and every one of those places brings its own heartbeat.
Thank you for listening with open ears and an open heart. I hope this program reminded you just how rich, diverse, and alive our music truly is.
I’ll be back next Monday at the same time.
ESPAÑOL
El lunes 13 de julio, La Sala Latina nos llevó de viaje por las muchas expresiones de la música latina. No nos quedamos en un solo estilo ni en un solo país. Pasamos del rock de Aterciopelados a la música libre y desenfadada de Macaco, y luego a la suave mezcla de flamenco y sonidos electrónicos de Chambao.
De allí seguimos con la cumbia moderna de La Yegros, los ritmos de bolero y cumbia de Kchiporros y la alegre marimba nicaragüense de La Cuneta Son Machín. También escuchamos los ritmos afroperuanos de Novalima, el sonido caribeño y juguetón de El Caribefunk, la calidez del cantautor dominicano Vicente García y un tierno forró brasileño de Mariana Aydar y Mestrinho. Cerramos el programa con el potente funk cubano de Cimafunk.
La música latina no tiene un solo sonido. Es rock y flamenco, cumbia y bolero, marimba y forró, ritmos afroperuanos y funk cubano. Viene de España, Argentina, Paraguay, Nicaragua, Perú, República Dominicana, Brasil y Cuba, y cada uno de esos lugares le aporta su propio latido.
Gracias por escuchar con los oídos y el corazón abiertos. Espero que este programa les haya recordado lo rica, diversa y viva que es nuestra música.
Nos vemos nuevamente el próximo lunes, a la misma hora!