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Music for the Masses: ¡Descarga! Springtime Salsa Jam 2025 (Audio)
We add a little sazón to your early April showers and serve up a swingin' descarga – a non-stop Salsa jam featuring classic Afro-Latin grooves spanning more than six decades – from mambo to bugalú, guaracha to cha-cha-cha, pachanga, montuno, guaguancó y más! (Part 5 of an annual series.)
"Music for the Masses" invites you on an excursion of sound and rhythm. Discover the music of established and emerging artists, both signed and unsigned, on the international music scene. For the avid globe-hopper and armchair traveler alike. You might want to pack a map and a sandwich. Catskill resident "DJ Neva" is an ethnomusicologist, producer, and long-time cultural activist, specializing in music from the entire African continent, as well as the Caribbean and Latin America, the Maghreb and Middle East, and the Roma (Gypsy) diaspora. Formerly the producer of "Continental Drift" on WBAI-FM and New York International on Haitian community station Radio Soleil in NYC. The show is broadcast live from Catskill, NY.
Playlist:
- Morning Come / Suzanne Kraft
- Suena la Descarga / El Combo Moderno
- Naci De La Rumba Y Guaguanco / Grupo Fantasma
- Cannabis / Los Pambele
- De Todo / Manteca
- La Descarga de Frank / Frank y sus Inquietos
- Ran Kan Kan (Tribute To Tito Puente feat: Edwin Reyes) / David Lugo and Latin Jazz Motion
- Descarga A&J / Angel Rene Orchestra
- Zaina (Charanga) / Ry-Co Jazz
- Descarga Oriental / Lou Perez
- Oye Mi Descarga / Carlos Muñoz y su Sonora
- Guajira y Tambo / Ray Barretto
- Claro que si / Les Vikings de la Guadeloupe
- La Loma del Tamarindo / El Gran Combo
- Descarga Jala Jala / Coco Lagos y sus Orates
- Celoso / Los Seven Del Swing
- Sabor a Melao / Orquesta Tabaco Y Ron
- Ba Kristo / Kékélé
- Salsa Na'ma / Fruko y Sus Tesos
- Pa'l Sonero / Salsa Celtica
- Brujeria / Henri Guedon
- Saona / Noro Morales And His Quintet
- Guajira Psicodelica / Havana Negra
- Descargando / Mario Allison y su Combo