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Send us Fan Mail ¡Hola queridos oyentes de Mix(ed)tape ! En el track 2 de Were You Listening?  analizamos la canción Bemba Colorá    de José Claro Fúmero en la increíble voz de Celia Cruz . Si eres una persona que baila y disfruta de la salsa, probablemente hayas bailado esta canción socialmente o en una coreografía. Nosotros seguro lo hemos hecho. Pero, ¿te detuviste alguna vez a pensar sobre el...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Mix(ed)tape Listeners! Today we launch the first episode of the remixed Were You Listening? series with our very first episode devoted to the song Raza by Alexander Abreu y Havana D'Primera . We started the  Were You Listening  series with the song Raza because it was sparked by the tragic events (George Floyd's killing in 2020) that also sparked our own desire here...

Send us Fan Mail Vamos a estar renovando, remezclando podríamos decir, los primeros episodios de la serie  Were You Listening?  Y empezamos con el primer episodio de la serie que fue dedicado a la canción Raza de Alexander Abreu y Havana D'Primera . Comenzamos la serie Were You Listening con la canción Raza porque fue inspirada por los trágicos eventos (el asesinato de George Floyd en 2020) q...

Send us Fan Mail We have an amazing conversation with talented Brazilian zouk dancers and connoisseurs Ebonie Lee , Aaron Montgomery and Efosa Uwa-Omede . We talk about the evolution and popularity of Brazilian zouk as a dance, its relation to the original Caribbean zouk music, and the experience of black dancers in the Brazilian zouk scene. This conversation complements our season 2 episode devot...

Send us Fan Mail The siblings Joyce-lee Duventru-huret and Stanley Duventru-huret , London-based dancers and instructor of Caribbean zouk, talk to us about the Afro-Caribbean roots of zouk, their own cultural and emotional connection to the music and the dance, and how dancers, DJs and enthusiasts of zouk can help the zouk community (including  Caribbean and Brazilian zouk dancers) remember where...

Send us Fan Mail Le maestro Pierre-Édouard Décimus est un musicien et compositeur légendaire et novateur et l’un des fondateurs du célèbre group de Zouk Kassav' , qui a créé le rythme zouk. Pierre-Edouard discute de sa carrière musicale, du développement du rythme zouk et de celui de Kassav’, des origines du nom du groupe, de la notion de négritude au sein des chansons de Kassav’ et de son op...

Send us Fan Mail The maestro  Pierre-Édouard Décimus is a legendary, innovative musician and composer and one of the founders of the famous zouk group Kassav' , who are the creators of the zouk rhythm. Pierre-Édouard talks to us about his musical journey, the development of the zouk rhythm, the development of Kassav' and the reasons behind the name of the band, the notion of Blackness in...

Send us Fan Mail Hoy exploramos un clásico del zouk, la canción Zouk-La Sé Sel Médikaman Nou Ni (Zouk Es la Única Medicina que Tenemos) del famoso grupo Kassav' , creadores del ritmo de zouk. En este viaje nos acompaña uno de los fundadores del grupo Kassav', el gran maestro Pierre-Édouard Décimus !!! Con un ritmo contagioso, un sonido pegajoso, y con letras sencillas que reflejan un poc...

Send us Fan Mail Today we explore the classic zouk song Zouk-La Sé Sel Médikaman Nou Ni (Zouk Is The Only Medicine We Have) by the famous band Kassav' , creators of the zouk rhythm. We are joined in our exploration by one of the founding members of Kassav', the great Pierre-Édouard Décimus !!! With an infectious, catchy sound, and with simple lyrics that speak to their Caribbean creole r...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we join a zouk party in the Antilles! We explore the birth and development of the zouk rhythm and its dance in Guadeloupe and Martinique. We touch on the pioneer role played by the famous band Kassav' , the importance of the notion of creolness , and how the Caribbean rhythm sprung a new dance style in Brazil which then expanded across the world. Our guest lis...

Send us Fan Mail Hoy exploramos un popurrí de dos canciones de bomba puertorriqueña, La Llevo en Mis Venas y Bambulé a Paré, del grupo Tambuyé . Para ayudarnos a contextualizar las canciones entrevistamos a la Directora y Manager de Taller Tambuyé , Marién Torres López . Marién y los artistas de Tambuyé reafirman en este popurrí la herencia negra presente en la práctica de la bomba puertorriqueña...

Send us Fan Mail Today we explore a medley of two bomba songs, La Llevo en Mis Venas (I Carry It in My Veins) and Bambulé a Paré (The Bámbula Is Happening) by the group Tambuyé . To help us contextualize the songs we interviewed the the Manager and Director of Taller Tambuyé , Marién Torres López . Marién and the artists of Tambuyé reaffirm in this medley the Black heritage present in the practice...

Send us Fan Mail Mar Cruz has been a bomba dancer and practitioner for over 11 years, she dances with her sister Maria with the group Parranderos de Loiza and their own group Bomba Yemaya, you may recognize Mar on the instagram page Se Baila Bomba. Mar talks to us about her journey to bomba, the most common bomba rhythms and the ways in which they are danced, the spirituality that can coexist in b...

Send us Fan Mail En el episodio de hoy hablamos con la cantante y compositora afro-puertorriqueña Alondra Marie Ortiz Rivera del grupo musical de bomba  Afriktaal . Con ella contextualizamos la canción  Color de Mi Raza que ella escribió y que ella canta. Color de Mi Raza es un hermoso mensaje de reafirmación de nuestra negritud, cuestionando las formas en las que la sociedad intenta ocultar nuest...

Send us Fan Mail In today's track we talk with the the Afro-Puerto Rican singer and song-writer Alondra Marie Ortiz Rivera of the bomba music group Afriktaal . We contextualize the song Color de Mi Raza , which she wrote and sings. Color de Mi Raza is a beautiful message of reaffirmation of our blackness, questioning the ways in which society tries to hide our blackness, to make it opaque, an...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we go to Puerto Rico a bombear! We explore the development of bomba in Puerto Rico, its Black roots, some of its main figures, its various rhythms and dances, the government's involvement, the role bomba has played in recent social movements, and the exciting and inclusive new voices and dynamics that are emerging in the bomba scene.  Our collection of guests...

Send us Fan Mail   Katelina Ecclestón is the creator of Reggeatón con La Gata , the first femme platform dedicated to reggaetón analysis and history, and Perreo 101 , a bilingual podcast detailing the evolution of reggaetón. Katelina is also the lead researcher on MTV’s upcoming show De la Calle . Katelina talks to us about the journey toward becoming a prominent platform dedicated to the analysis...

Send us Fan Mail En Censurarme Eddie Dee confronta prejuicios raciales y clasistas y también las hipocresías moralistas de figuras políticas y sociales que intentan censurar a las personas que hacen rap y reggaetón por lo que consideran temas vulgares y lenguaje ofensivo, al mismo tiempo que cometen crímenes terribles y extrema corrupción. Nuestra presentadora invitada es la doctora Beth Colón-Piz...

Send us Fan Mail In Censurarme Eddie Dee Eddie Dee confronts racial and classist prejudices and the moralistic hypocrisy of political and social figures who try to censor rappers and reggaetón singers for what they consider vulgar topics and foul language while at the same time engaging in despicable crimes and abject corruption. Our guest host is Dr. Beth Colón-Pizzini , who contextualizes the so...

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Beth Colón Pizzini is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department. Her expertise is on Puerto Rico’s music and street art, Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Afro-Diasporic feminism; pan-Caribbean and afro-diasporic cultural and political exchanges; and decolonial practices. Beth talks to us about t...

Send us Fan Mail Party de Palo is the first single of Inka 's upcoming album Villa Mella, in which he pays homage to this historically Black place in which Inka grew up in the Dominican Republic. In Party de Palo, Inka invites to party along the rhythms of Villa Mella while he reminds us with his lyrics of the incredible cultural richness that Black communities hold. Our guest host is Inka hi...

Send us Fan Mail Party de Palo , es el primer sencillo del álbum que Inka va a lanzar próximamente, llamado Villa Mella, en el cual le rinde homenaje a este lugar históricamente poblado por comunidades negras en el cual Inka creció en la República Dominicana. En Party de Palo, Inka nos invita a enfiestarnos al son de los ritmos de Villa Mella, al mismo tiempo que nos recuerda sobre la increíble ri...

Send us Fan Mail Inka , rapero, productor musical, educador, y gestor cultural ubicado en Villa Mella, en la República Dominicana, nos habla sobre su enfoque musical que él llama "cimarronaje musical" y nos cuenta sobre varios temas incluyendo las bases rítmicas negras del reggaetón y del dembow,  la anti-negritud presente en la construcción de la identidad dominicana, y la importancia d...

Send us Fan Mail La canción de hoy, Loíza , es parte del álbum debut  de Tego Calderón, El Abayarde . En Loíza, Tego mezcla una colección de ritmos modernos con la bomba puertorriqueña, y remata la mezcla con incisivas letras, que en este caso critican la forma en que políticos, agentes del orden público, oficiales del gobierno, y personas pudientes en Puerto Rico, discriminan y excluyen a la muni...

Send us Fan Mail Today's song, Loíza , is part of Tego Calderón’s extremely successful debut album, El Abayarde . In Loíza, Tego mixes an assortment of modern beats with bomba, and topples the mixture with his signature sharp lyrics  which in this case criticize the way in which politicians, law enforcement, government officials, and wealthy individuals in Puerto Rico discriminate and exclude...