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Nuestra Música: Independence Month (Audio)
July is a month of patriotism in North and South America. On July 1st the most northern among us celebrated Canada Day, commemorating the shift to self governed entity. July 4th we celebrate the Declaraction of Independence, and today we are celebrating July Independence month in Latin America, presenting Independence day from Argentina, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela.
Also to celebrate July 4 we will be broadcasting a rarely played Star Spangled Banner in Spanish that was commissioned by President Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, as part of his Good Neighbor Policy with Latin America, sung by the Nurse Hero Hispanic Star Choir.
Enjoy the Music
Rebroadcast from Tuesday, July 7 from 11 a.m. to noon.
“Nuestra Música,” “Our Music,” presents the rhythms and folklore of Latin America, Spain, Portugal and Cape Verde. From Tango to Flamenco and all Latinx music in between. The show explores the native instruments, languages and traditions played in 22 countries and one territory. Other than Spanish and Portuguese, Nuestra Música presents songs in Quechua, Mapuche, Guaraní, Nahuatl, Gallego, Spanish Basque, and Catalán. Among many styles we present: Tango, Chacarera, Baguala, Zamba with a Z and Samba with and S, Bossa Nova, Cumbia, Llanero, Vallenato, Merengue, Parrandera, Son, Bolero, Ranchera, Corrido, Marimba, Fado, Flamenco, Sevillanas, Jota, Blues, Jazz, Danzon, Mambo and many more. The countries presented are Argentina // Bolivia // Brazil // Cape Verde // Chile // Colombia // Costa Rica // Cuba // Dominican Republic // Ecuador // El Salvador // Guatemala // Honduras // Mexico // Nicaragua // Panama // Paraguay // Peru // Portugal // Puerto Rico // Spain // Uruguay // Venezuela //
Mariano Vera is a former art and literature critic in La Prensa Buenos Aires and National Public Radio, Argentina; Editor of Crónica Newspaper in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, and radio host in Sarasota FL, Hudson New York, and Pacifica Radio Stations.
Playlist:
- Om Shanti / Alice Coltrane
- Even the Losers / Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
- Mi Buenos Aires Querido / Orquesta Típica Buenos Aires
- La Ley Y La Trampa / Chaqueño Palavecino
- Milonga Triste / Cuarteto Zupay
- Rasguña Las Piedras / Sui Generis
- Bagüala de la siesta / Las Hermanas Caronni
- Soy Colombiano / Garzon y Collazos
- La Gota Fria / Emiliano Zuleta
- El Viejo Migue / Rafael Escalona
- Veneno / Helenita Vargas
- Maria Lando / Susana Baca
- La Llave Quebrada / Olga Milla
- Molino Molero / Susana Baca
- Tonada de Luna Llena / Simón Díaz
- Aíre De Verde Montaña / Serenata Guayanesa
- La Burra / Un Solo Pueblo
- María Antonia / Gualberto Ibarreto
- Girl u Want / Devo
- Mamma Mia / ABBA
- Lágrimas Negras / Bebo Valdés
- Negro bembon / Orfeón Santiago
- El castigador / Orfeón Santiago
- Negra sálvame / William Vivanco
- Guacho a la cosecha (Remasterizado) / William Vivanco
- Soy Cubana / Vocal Vidas
- Frutas del Caney / Vocal Vidas
- Que Le Den Candela / Septeto Santiaguero
- Esa Familia a Mi No Me Conviene / Septeto Santiaguero
- Moliendo Café / Vieja Trova Santiaguera
- El muerto se fue de rumba / Vieja Trova Santiaguera
- El Viaje / Harold López-Nussa
- Otro güajiro en Paris / Harold López-Nussa
- Mariposita feat. Tu amor es el canto Mío / Multi-interprètes