Cronicas De La Raza 29 March 2011 – KPFA FM

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Tonight we bring you News Headlines from the Americas; a feature by Julieta Kusnir on the Zapatistas; a taste of the recent panel on art and political action by Esther Manilla; Amelia Gonzalez’s interviews Teatro Vision about their latest productions “Bless Me Ultima.”; Nina Serrano brings you interviews about the Cesar Chavez parade and discusses the upcoming concert by touring Cuban musicians, Los Munequitos. Listen and enjoy!

“Frida in the Mirror“
by Adrian Arias


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: www.kpfa.org

Audio Archive (available after live broadcast)

Listen NOW:
La Raza Chronicles – Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
La Raza Chronicles– Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Hear previous broadcasts:
http://www.LaRazaChronicles.org

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

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VISAS APPROVED! Los Muñequitos de Matanzas One Night Only! Mon. April 4, 2011 – 7 pm Mission High Auditorium – San Francisco

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San Francisco International Arts Festival presents
direct from Cuba
Special Pre-Festival Performance
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Tambor de Fuego

First San Francisco Show in 19 Years
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Monday April 4, 7:00pm
VISAS APPROVED!

After weeks of waiting all 17 members of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas were finally given security clearance by the U.S. State Department to travel to the United States next month. Let’s welcome them to San Francisco on April 4th!

Mission High School Auditorium
3750 18th Street
San Francisco, CA, 94114
Tickets: $20 – $50*
General Admission
*$50 (includes Post Show Rumba Party)
Tix also available @ Julio’s Record Store, 2884 Mission Street, SF (btwn 24th and 25th)
Updates on Facebook
Listen to an interview with Diosdado Ramos, director of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, on KPFA’s Ritmo de las Americas with host Rosi Reyes 
San Francisco International Arts Festival is proud to present the legendary Cuban ensemble,Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. The performance will mark the company’s return to San Francisco after an absence of 19 years. The last time Los Muñequitos performed in the City was a now legendary night back in 1992.

Hailed as the “reigning regents of rumba” by the San Francisco Chronicle, “the essence of Cuba’s musical soul” by the San Diego Union Tribune and “truly keepers of a sacred flame” by Latin Beat, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas are amongst the highest regarded percussionists in the world and masters of Afro-Cuban ritual and rumba music and dance. Founded in 1952, the group currently spans three generations of an extended family of musicians, singers and dancers. This performance is part of a 16-city US Tour and San Francisco will be their second stop and only California performance.

The music of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas keeps alive 500 years of drumming, chanting and dance, preserving the vibrant culture of the African Diaspora intrinsic to Cuba’s living legacy. While sustaining these cultural traditions, the group’s choreography and new musical compositions continue to innovate from the African roots of Cuban culture.  In one evening’sconcert, Los Muñequitos may play the rhythms and drumming of the Santeria religion whichoriginated with the Yoruba tribe; the songs of the Abakuá, a secret fraternal organization originally from Nigeria; and contemporary Cuban rumba in its varied and ever evolving forms.
Los Muñequitos has performed in more than 50 cities across the U.S., from intimate (and packed!) shows in community centers and dance & music clubs to full-scale theatrical productions in grand concert halls. Whatever the setting, their complex drumming, captivating vocals and spectacular dancing transport audiences to the vital streets of Matanzas and the soul of Cuba.

The concert is being produced by the  SF International Arts Festival and is a community benefit for a number of organizations including the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), Cuba Caribe, Abada Capoiera, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Latino Leadership Comité. There will be a Post Rumba Party after the show at the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St, San Francisco. Tix sold separately or included with $50 orchestra seats.

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Archived: Radio Cuba Canta – KPFA FM March 2011 Tribute to Women in Cuban Music

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Radio Cuba Canta presents:
Tributo a Las Mujeres de la Musica Cubana –

March 2011

Paulina Alvarez

Tonight, we present our 3rd annual program commemorating Womens’ Month with a generous helping of the stars of yesterday and today of Cuba. From Maria Teresa Vera & Paulina Alvarez, to Haila Mompie, Tania Pantoja, and Yeni Valdes, we cover all eras and many genres of Cuban music from 1918 to today.

That’s TONIGHT! 9 PM PDT (West Coast: SF Bay Area, LA, Seattle; 12 Midnight, EDT: NYC, Miami, and Havana Cuba

LIVE ON-THE-AIR on KPFA-FM 94.1 Berkeley in the SF Bay Area
or worldwide at kpfa.org

Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operations: Clay “C-Tone” Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast: Saturday – March 26, 2011
9 pm PST – San Francisco Bay Area
12 midnight EST – NY/Miami/San Juan PR/ y la Habana, Cuba
KPFA 94.1 FM – in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

Audio Archive (available after live broadcast)

Listen:
Radio Cuba Canta– Saturday – March 26, 2011

Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta– Saturday – March 26, 2011

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

more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/48247

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.

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Tonight: Radio Cuba Canta – KPFA FM March 2011 Tribute to Women in Cuban Music

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Radio Cuba Canta presents:
Tributo a Las Mujeres de la Musica Cubana –

March 2011

Paulina Alvarez

Tonight, we present our 3rd annual program commemorating Womens’ Month with a generous helping of the stars of yesterday and today of Cuba. From Maria Teresa Vera & Paulina Alvarez, to Haila Mompie, Tania Pantoja, and Yeni Valdes, we cover all eras and many genres of Cuban music from 1918 to today.

That’s TONIGHT! 9 PM PDT (West Coast: SF Bay Area, LA, Seattle; 12 Midnight, EDT: NYC, Miami, and Havana Cuba

LIVE ON-THE-AIR on KPFA-FM 94.1 Berkeley in the SF Bay Area
or worldwide at kpfa.org

Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operations: Clay “C-Tone” Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast: Saturday – March 26, 2011
9 pm PST – San Francisco Bay Area
12 midnight EST – NY/Miami/San Juan PR/ y la Habana, Cuba
KPFA 94.1 FM – in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

Audio Archive (available after live broadcast)

Listen:
Radio Cuba Canta– Saturday – March 26, 2011

Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta– Saturday – March 26, 2011

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

more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/48247

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.

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29th Encuentro del Canto Popular event
 Fri – Sat December 3-4, 2010 
Brava Theater – 2781 24th Street – San Francisco, CA 
Featuring a special tribute to veteran Bay Area DJs Avotcja, Luis Medina, Chata Guitierrez, and Emiliano Echeverria at the Brava Theater in the San Francisco Mission District, December 3 & 4, 2010

Complete information on the concert event and tickets:


Accion Latina presents
The 29th Encuentro del Canto Popular concert
Fundraising concert for El Tecolote Newspaper
A celebration of 40 years of independent, bilingual community journalism
Fri. – Sat. December 3-4, 2010
8-10pm
(doors open at 7pm)
Fri. Dec. 3: La Familia Peña-Govea |  Futuro Picante | Emcee Betty Pazmiño | Special tribute to veteran local DJ’s Avotcja & Luis Medina
Sat. Dec. 4: Loco Bloco | Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble of SFSU  | Emcee’s Leticia Hernandez & Tomás Riley | Special tribute to veteran local DJ’s Emiliano Echeverria & Chata Gutierrez
Brava Theater | 2781 24th Street | San Francisco, CA
Tickets:  $17.00 General, $13.00 Seniors/Students
Info: (415) 648-1045 or emartinez@accionlatina.org
On Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4, local San Francisco musicians will share their musical talents in celebration of El Tecolote Newspaper with a Latin music concert featuring music that spans the Americas, from the Caribbean to the local corner dive, plus, a special tribute to veteran local DJ’s Avotcja, Emiliano Echeverria, Chata Gutierrez and Luis Medina for their contributions in creating an environment for Latin Music to thrive in the Bay Area.
El Tecolote Newspaper is a community-based bilingual newspaper that was established in 1970 to provide a fuller portrait of Latino life and cultural and to provide free journalism training for local residents. Over the past 40 years, El Tecolote has become a beloved community institution and a proven pipeline to journalism careers.

Friday, December 3rd
Join us on Friday for an incredible night of music from the Mission performed by La Familia Peña-Govea and the youth-driven salsa rhythms of Futuro Picante.
 


La Familia Peña-Govea, 3 de Deciembre
When local recording artist, bandleader, composer and musician Miguel Govea began performing music with three women in his life he created the Mission’s own musical household with a hybrid lyrical twist as La Familia Peña-Govea. A well-known musician, Miguel Govea will be accompanied by his wife, Susan, and two daughters, Rene and Cecilia, as La Familia Peña-Govea.  This talented musical family will get the audience swaying with their mixture of traditional Tex-Mex and Colombian music, driving us down a road filled with rancheras, valses, polkas, boleros, and vallenatos. La Familia Peña-Govea seamlessly coordinates the range of traditional instruments and progressions into a cohesive groove. The harmonious duets with Miguel and his wife ring with both a sublime simplicity that encourages the audience to sing along. La Familia Peña-Govea is continuing the rich legacy of Latino music in the Bay Area, and they are doing it together in style.

Closing Friday night is Futuro Picante, the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts’ youth Latin jazz band.  With ages ranging from nine to 18-years-old, Futuro Picante’s sound is anything but elementary. Their repertoire of vivacious Latin jazz includes both salsa’s golden age classics and original compositions from local artists.  The group was formed in 2003 by Jose Leon, the Center’s youth director, as part of a summer Latin Jazz Band  The group was formed in 2003 by Jose Leon, the Center’s youth director, as part of a summer Latin Jazz Band program. His aim was to provide Futuro Picante, 3 de Deciembrelow-cost music training for neighborhood youth and to pass on Latin music traditions to the next generation. With the help of co-director Miguel Govea, Leon assembled his first group of promising youth musicians. The group has been wowing audiences ever since.


The complex texture of their music, layering fluttering flute solos with Cuban percussion, energetic trumpet melodies, jazzy keyboard stylings, and an array of powerful vocalists, earned them the title of San Francisco’s “2010 Best Kid Band” by SF Weekly. With their fresh sound and a maturity of musicianship beyond their years, Futuro Picante has indeed proven to be the zesty future of Latin music while honoring the legacies of Tito Puente, Beny Moré, and more.

Saturday, December 4th

On Saturday, you will experience the thunderous Brazilian heartbeat of Loco Bloco, a non-profit group that has helped thousands of local youth find their life bearings through Afro-Brazilian drumming and dancing. Saturday ends with the Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble of SFSU led by local music favorite John Calloway.
Loco Bloco, 4 de Deciembre
Loco Bloco uses art as a tool to empower local youth and direct them towards healthy lifestyles and civic engagement. Since Loco Bloco’s inception in 1994 more than 6,000 have passed through their programs becoming professional and passionate performers, with many youth returning to mentor younger members. Loco Bloco’s drumming and dancing troupe pack a gigantic wallop that will shake your soul and unhook your hips.  Their heavily percussion-based music is a potent fusion of African, Brazilian, Hip Hop, Latin, and Funk matched with high-energy dance routines ranging from samba to African and hip hop.
Saturday night will close with the Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble of San Francisco State University. Formed in 1999, the ensemble is dedicated to preserving and performing Cuban popular music and other Latin American music genres. The 25-member ensemble is composed of musicians from the university and the Bay Area community at large. Their mission is to expose audiences to the richness of Cuban music that has
The Afro Cuban Jazz Ensemble of SFSU, 4 de Deciembre
influenced American music since the 19th century. The ensemble also performs music from South and Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean and the U.S.

John Calloway, director of the ensemble, is a Grammy nominated multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and social activist. He has been a mainstay in the Bay Area music scene since the mid-1970s, having performed with J Omar Sosa, Israel “Cachao” Lopez, Dizzy Gillespie, Jesus Diaz, John Santos and Pete Escovedo. John is on faculty in both the School of Music and Dance and the Ethnic Studies Department of SFSU and gives lectures and workshops on music, the arts and social change throughout the region.  Currently he serves on the SF Arts Commission and on several arts advisory boards in the Bay Area.

Advance tickets available at Accion Latina office – 2958 24th Street, San Francisco, Monday-Friday 11:00 – 4:00 pm (415) 648-1045. Tickets will also be on sale on the nights of the performances.

More information available at accionlatina.org/encuentro

Media Contacts:

Juliana Mojica, Mojica Arts | 415.671.3907 | juliana@mojicaarts.com
Eva Martinez, Accion Latina | 415.648-1045 | emartinez@accionlatina.org

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Radio Cuba Canta – KPFA FM March 2011 Tribute to Women in Cuban Music

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Radio Cuba Canta presents:
Tributo a Las Mujeres de la Musica Cubana –

March 2011

Paulina Alvarez

Tonight, we present our 3rd annual program commemorating Womens’ Month with a generous helping of the stars of yesterday and today of Cuba. From Maria Teresa Vera & Paulina Alvarez, to Haila Mompie, Tania Pantoja, and Yeni Valdes, we cover all eras and many genres of Cuban music from 1918 to today.

That’s TONIGHT! 9 PM PDT (West Coast: SF Bay Area, LA, Seattle; 12 Midnight, EDT: NYC, Miami, and Havana Cuba

LIVE ON-THE-AIR on KPFA-FM 94.1 Berkeley in the SF Bay Area
or worldwide at kpfa.org

Produced by Emiliano Echeverria
Associate producer & broadcast operations: Clay “C-Tone” Leander
Community Calendar produced by Ron Flores

Live Broadcast: Saturday – March 26, 2011
9 pm PST – San Francisco Bay Area
12 midnight EST – NY/Miami/San Juan PR/ y la Habana, Cuba
KPFA 94.1 FM – in Northern California
KPFB 89.3 FM – Berkeley
KFCF 88.1 FM – Fresno

Audio Archive (available after live broadcast)

Listen:
Radio Cuba Canta– Saturday – March 26, 2011

Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
Radio Cuba Canta– Saturday – March 26, 2011

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

more program info:
http://www.kpfa.org/archive/show/48247

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.

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VISAS APPROVED! Los Muñequitos de Matanzas One Night Only! Mon. April 4, 2011 – 7 pm Mission High Auditorium – San Francisco

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San Francisco International Arts Festival presents
direct from Cuba
Special Pre-Festival Performance
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Tambor de Fuego

First San Francisco Show in 19 Years
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Monday April 4, 7:00pm
VISAS APPROVED!

After weeks of waiting all 17 members of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas were finally given security clearance by the U.S. State Department to travel to the United States next month. Let’s welcome them to San Francisco on April 4th!

Mission High School Auditorium
3750 18th Street
San Francisco, CA, 94114
Tickets: $20 – $50*
General Admission
*$50 (includes Post Show Rumba Party)
Tix also available @ Julio’s Record Store, 2884 Mission Street, SF (btwn 24th and 25th)
Updates on Facebook
Listen to an interview with Diosdado Ramos, director of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, on KPFA’s Ritmo de las Americas with host Rosi Reyes 
San Francisco International Arts Festival is proud to present the legendary Cuban ensemble,Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. The performance will mark the company’s return to San Francisco after an absence of 19 years. The last time Los Muñequitos performed in the City was a now legendary night back in 1992.

Hailed as the “reigning regents of rumba” by the San Francisco Chronicle, “the essence of Cuba’s musical soul” by the San Diego Union Tribune and “truly keepers of a sacred flame” by Latin Beat, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas are amongst the highest regarded percussionists in the world and masters of Afro-Cuban ritual and rumba music and dance. Founded in 1952, the group currently spans three generations of an extended family of musicians, singers and dancers. This performance is part of a 16-city US Tour and San Francisco will be their second stop and only California performance.

The music of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas keeps alive 500 years of drumming, chanting and dance, preserving the vibrant culture of the African Diaspora intrinsic to Cuba’s living legacy. While sustaining these cultural traditions, the group’s choreography and new musical compositions continue to innovate from the African roots of Cuban culture.  In one evening’sconcert, Los Muñequitos may play the rhythms and drumming of the Santeria religion whichoriginated with the Yoruba tribe; the songs of the Abakuá, a secret fraternal organization originally from Nigeria; and contemporary Cuban rumba in its varied and ever evolving forms.
Los Muñequitos has performed in more than 50 cities across the U.S., from intimate (and packed!) shows in community centers and dance & music clubs to full-scale theatrical productions in grand concert halls. Whatever the setting, their complex drumming, captivating vocals and spectacular dancing transport audiences to the vital streets of Matanzas and the soul of Cuba.

The concert is being produced by the  SF International Arts Festival and is a community benefit for a number of organizations including the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), Cuba Caribe, Abada Capoiera, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Latino Leadership Comité. There will be a Post Rumba Party after the show at the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St, San Francisco. Tix sold separately or included with $50 orchestra seats.

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VISAS APPROVED! Los Muñequitos de Matanzas One Night Only! Mon. April 4, 2011 – 7 pm Mission High Auditorium – San Francisco

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San Francisco International Arts Festival presents
direct from Cuba
Special Pre-Festival Performance
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Tambor de Fuego

First San Francisco Show in 19 Years
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Monday April 4, 7:00pm
VISAS APPROVED!

After weeks of waiting all 17 members of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas were finally given security clearance by the U.S. State Department to travel to the United States next month. Let’s welcome them to San Francisco on April 4th!

Mission High School Auditorium
3750 18th Street
San Francisco, CA, 94114
Tickets: $20 – $50*
General Admission
*$50 (includes Post Show Rumba Party)
Tix also available @ Julio’s Record Store, 2884 Mission Street, SF (btwn 24th and 25th)
Updates on Facebook
Listen to an interview with Diosdado Ramos, director of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, on KPFA’s Ritmo de las Americas with host Rosi Reyes 
San Francisco International Arts Festival is proud to present the legendary Cuban ensemble,Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. The performance will mark the company’s return to San Francisco after an absence of 19 years. The last time Los Muñequitos performed in the City was a now legendary night back in 1992.

Hailed as the “reigning regents of rumba” by the San Francisco Chronicle, “the essence of Cuba’s musical soul” by the San Diego Union Tribune and “truly keepers of a sacred flame” by Latin Beat, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas are amongst the highest regarded percussionists in the world and masters of Afro-Cuban ritual and rumba music and dance. Founded in 1952, the group currently spans three generations of an extended family of musicians, singers and dancers. This performance is part of a 16-city US Tour and San Francisco will be their second stop and only California performance.

The music of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas keeps alive 500 years of drumming, chanting and dance, preserving the vibrant culture of the African Diaspora intrinsic to Cuba’s living legacy. While sustaining these cultural traditions, the group’s choreography and new musical compositions continue to innovate from the African roots of Cuban culture.  In one evening’sconcert, Los Muñequitos may play the rhythms and drumming of the Santeria religion whichoriginated with the Yoruba tribe; the songs of the Abakuá, a secret fraternal organization originally from Nigeria; and contemporary Cuban rumba in its varied and ever evolving forms.
Los Muñequitos has performed in more than 50 cities across the U.S., from intimate (and packed!) shows in community centers and dance & music clubs to full-scale theatrical productions in grand concert halls. Whatever the setting, their complex drumming, captivating vocals and spectacular dancing transport audiences to the vital streets of Matanzas and the soul of Cuba.

The concert is being produced by the  SF International Arts Festival and is a community benefit for a number of organizations including the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), Cuba Caribe, Abada Capoiera, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Latino Leadership Comité. There will be a Post Rumba Party after the show at the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St, San Francisco. Tix sold separately or included with $50 orchestra seats.

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VISAS APPROVED! Los Muñequitos de Matanzas One Night Only! Mon. April 4, 2011 – 7 pm Mission High Auditorium – San Francisco

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San Francisco International Arts Festival presents
direct from Cuba
Special Pre-Festival Performance
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas
Tambor de Fuego

First San Francisco Show in 19 Years
ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Monday April 4, 7:00pm
VISAS APPROVED!

After weeks of waiting all 17 members of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas were finally given security clearance by the U.S. State Department to travel to the United States next month. Let’s welcome them to San Francisco on April 4th!

Mission High School Auditorium
3750 18th Street
San Francisco, CA, 94114
Tickets: $20 – $50*
General Admission
*$50 (includes Post Show Rumba Party)
Tix also available @ Julio’s Record Store, 2884 Mission Street, SF (btwn 24th and 25th)
Updates on Facebook
Listen to an interview with Diosdado Ramos, director of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas, on KPFA’s Ritmo de las Americas with host Rosi Reyes 
San Francisco International Arts Festival is proud to present the legendary Cuban ensemble,Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. The performance will mark the company’s return to San Francisco after an absence of 19 years. The last time Los Muñequitos performed in the City was a now legendary night back in 1992.

Hailed as the “reigning regents of rumba” by the San Francisco Chronicle, “the essence of Cuba’s musical soul” by the San Diego Union Tribune and “truly keepers of a sacred flame” by Latin Beat, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas are amongst the highest regarded percussionists in the world and masters of Afro-Cuban ritual and rumba music and dance. Founded in 1952, the group currently spans three generations of an extended family of musicians, singers and dancers. This performance is part of a 16-city US Tour and San Francisco will be their second stop and only California performance.

The music of Los Muñequitos de Matanzas keeps alive 500 years of drumming, chanting and dance, preserving the vibrant culture of the African Diaspora intrinsic to Cuba’s living legacy. While sustaining these cultural traditions, the group’s choreography and new musical compositions continue to innovate from the African roots of Cuban culture.  In one evening’sconcert, Los Muñequitos may play the rhythms and drumming of the Santeria religion whichoriginated with the Yoruba tribe; the songs of the Abakuá, a secret fraternal organization originally from Nigeria; and contemporary Cuban rumba in its varied and ever evolving forms.
Los Muñequitos has performed in more than 50 cities across the U.S., from intimate (and packed!) shows in community centers and dance & music clubs to full-scale theatrical productions in grand concert halls. Whatever the setting, their complex drumming, captivating vocals and spectacular dancing transport audiences to the vital streets of Matanzas and the soul of Cuba.

The concert is being produced by the  SF International Arts Festival and is a community benefit for a number of organizations including the Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), Cuba Caribe, Abada Capoiera, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, Latino Leadership Comité. There will be a Post Rumba Party after the show at the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St, San Francisco. Tix sold separately or included with $50 orchestra seats.

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Cronicas De La Raza 22 March 2011 – KPFA FM

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Tonight’s program includes News headlines form the Americas, A conversation about the upcoming generations and Nukes with Mr. Chuch and Pedro. Francisco Alarcon speaks about poetry and activism and reads his Nuclear Prayer poem and others. Nina Serrano interviews the Puerto Rican fusion band, Hijo de la Palma, who share their music and offer a ticket giveaway to thier upcoming concert; and Emiliano Echeverria offers a preview of his his annual tribute to las Mujeres de la musica cubana on Radio Cuba Canta. Listen and Enjoy!

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: www.kpfa.org

Audio Archive (available after live broadcast)

Listen NOW:
La Raza Chronicles – Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Mp3 Playback (iTunes, WinAmp, Windows Media):
La Raza Chronicles– Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Hear previous broadcasts:
http://www.LaRazaChronicles.org

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

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