Project i941

Tonight’s the last program of year and we celebrate it with a News Round Up of the major Latino stories of 2009 as well as News Headlines from the Americas. We include a special highlight on Cuban eye doctors doing healing work in Bolivia, and the poetry of prize-winning Cuban poet Pablo Armando Fernandez. We cruise through the Streets of Aztlan with musica and a calendar of upcoming events. ¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

Live on the air – Tuesdays 7 pm PST:
KPFA 94.1 FM – San Francisco Bay/Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

Live on the web at: www.kpfa.org/streams/kpfa_64k.m3u

Hear the webcast:
  (available immediately after broadcast)
Mp3 / iTunes podcast:
La Raza Chronicles – Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Hear previous broadcasts of La Raza Chronicles :
http://www.LaRazaChronicles.org

More info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/37

TONIGHT: Saturday, December 26th!

Tonight, Radio Cuba Canta presents our 22nd Anniversary Broadcast Tribute to the ‘Father of Salsa'”, El Ciego Maravilloso“, Arsenio Rodriguez!

Broadcast veteran and Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria will present gems from his rare and vintage collection of Arsenio’s recordings throughout his career from Cuba to the United States.

Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay “CTone” Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Audio Archive

Listen:   Radio Cuba Canta – Saturday, December 26, 2009

Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta– Saturday, December 26, 2009

Original Broadcast:  Saturday – December 26, 2009
KPFA 94.1 FM – in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

KPFA FM live on the web at: www.kpfa.org

Original Broadcast: December 26, 2009
KPFA 94.1 FM – San Francisco Bay & Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315

Radio Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

RETURNING THIS WEEK: Saturday, December 26th!

This week, Radio Cuba Canta presents our 22nd Anniversary Broadcast Tribute to the ‘Father of Salsa'”, El Ciego Maravilloso“, Arsenio Rodriguez!

Radio promo for Arsenio Rodriguez broadcast tribute:
Promo for Radio Cuba Canta – December 26, 2009 – Mp3

Broadcast veteran and Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria will present gems his rare and vintage collection of Arsenio Rodriguez‘ recordings throughout his career from Cuba to the United States.

Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay “C’Ton” Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast:
Saturday December 26, 2009 – 9pm Pacific
(12 Midnight Eastern)
KPFA 94.1 FM – San Francisco Bay & Northern California –
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

On the web at: www.kpfa.org
Broadcast archive available immediately after broadcast.

Listen to the brief biography with Arsenio’s music for Saturday’s broadcast::
Promo for Radio Cuba Canta – December 26, 2009 – Mp3

More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315

Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

Tonight’s program leaves the solstice darkness to begin moving again towards the light. We bring you News Headlines from the Americas, the word about education budget cuts fro the Streets of Aztlan, domestic workers in San Francisco organizing for equal treatment, and a discussion graffiti art in Bogota, Colombia. We celebrate our survival with musica, poetry and a calendar of upcoming events.

Produced by Nina Serrano, Vanessa Bohm, Emiliano Echeverria Carmen Andrea Rivera, Clay “C’Tone” Leander, Ventura “Mr. Chuch” Longoria and Julieta Kusnir.

Live on the air – Tuesdays 7 pm PST:
KPFA 94.1 FM – San Francisco Bay/Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

Live on the web at: www.kpfa.org/streams/kpfa_64k.m3u

Hear the webcast:
  (available immediately after broadcast)
Mp3 / iTunes podcast:
La Raza Chronicles – Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Hear previous broadcasts of La Raza Chronicles :
http://www.LaRazaChronicles.org

More info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/37

RETURNING THIS WEEK: Saturday, December 26th!

This week, Radio Cuba Canta presents our 22nd Anniversary Broadcast Tribute to the ‘Father of Salsa'”, El Ciego Maravilloso“, Arsenio Rodriguez!

Radio promo for Arsenio Rodriguez broadcast tribute:
Promo for Radio Cuba Canta – December 26, 2009 – Mp3

Broadcast veteran and Cuban music historian Emiliano Echeverria will present gems his rare and vintage collection of Arsenio Rodriguez‘ recordings throughout his career from Cuba to the United States.

Produced and hosted by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operator: Clay “C’Ton” Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast:
Saturday December 26, 2009 – 9pm Pacific
(12 Midnight Eastern)
KPFA 94.1 FM – San Francisco Bay & Northern California –
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

On the web at: www.kpfa.org

Broadcast archive available immediately after broadcast.

Hear the promotion with Arsenio’s music for Saturday’s broadcast::
Promo for Radio Cuba Canta – December 26, 2009 – Mp3

More program info:
http://kpfa.org/archives/index.php?arch=14315

Cuba Canta broadcasts monthly on KPFA-FM during Con Sabor, a weekly program featuring the best in Salsa, Latin Jazz and Afro-Caribbean music hosted by executive producer Luis Medina.

Luis Medina of KPFA FM’s Con Sabor presents an exclusive interview with David Calzado, bandleader of Charanga Habanera regarding their musical journey from Cuba to the world; and of their new US tour including the upcoming live performance at Cafe Cocomo’s in San Francisco.

The program will feature music from Charanga Habanera, along with other great new releases, as well as a Ticket Giveaway to Charanga Habanera, and other performances.

‘Con Sabor’ broadcasts Saturday 9pm Pacific in the San Francisco Bay and Northern California (12 midnight Eastern). For more information about the upcoming program and others, visit: www.kpfa.org

Con Sabor is produced and hosted by Luis Medina

Live Broadcast:
Saturday December 19, 2009 – 9pm Pacific
    (12 Midnight Eastern)
KPFA 94.1 FM – San Francisco Bay & Northern California –
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

REPLAY FROM THE KPFA ARCHIVE
Mp3 / iTunes Podcast:
   Con Sabor – December 19, 2009
 (available immediately after broadcast)

Articles and videos featuring Charanga Habanera and their U.S. tour:

CNN: “Cuba Music Exchange“:
Feature segment on Charanga Habanera 2009 US Tour:
CNN.com/video/

Clip of Charanga Habanera from the feature film “Popular!“
More info: www.popular-documentary.com
(Courtesy of Jennifer Paz, Producer)

Tonight we experience one of the almost-earliest sunset of the year and our hopes look to the coming new year. You’ll hear News Headlines from the Americas and an interview with Jim Schultz of the Democracy Center about Latin American involvement in the Copenhagen Climate Change conference   (see link).

Our guest Cito Hernandez will discuss the effects of holiday stress on Latino immigrants and everyone. You’ll hear the word on the Streets of Aztlan, a poem to la Virgen de Guadalupe, and the Music and views of La Orquesta La Moderna Tradición with a ticket give-away, and hot tips on upcoming New Year celebration events.

Orquesta La Moderna Tradición

Produced by Nina Serrano, Vanessa Bohm, Carmen Andrea Rivera, Clay “C’Tone” Leander, Ventura “Mr. Chuch” Longoria and Julieta Kusnir.

Live on the air – Tuesdays 7 pm PST:
KPFA 94.1 FM – San Francisco Bay/Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

Live on the web at: www.kpfa.org/streams/kpfa_64k.m3u

Hear the webcast:
  (available immediately after broadcast)
Mp3 / iTunes podcast:
La Raza Chronicles – Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Hear previous broadcasts of La Raza Chronicles :
http://www.LaRazaChronicles.org

More info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/37

Hope all is well. Your upcoming tip sounds like fun and like it will be a relief to be back in sunshine.