Radio Menea

Thanksgiving? No creo. This week we're giving you a little antidote to some of the revisionist history that's popular at this time of year by bringing indigenous artists who are making music that emphasizes their roots: integrating indigenous languages, instrumentation, and cultural references. We hope that you'll hear evidence that the colonial project has failed - indigenous cultures today are a...

This week we start with a sad song, transition into a discussion of the various dancing (or non-dancing!) traditions in our families and our relationships to music, and end with a chat on the problematic ways spiritual traditions get used and appropriated. How are we like this even? We got mad good música for you tho - como siempre! Featuring music by Tito Nieves, Wiki, and Yerba Buena ft Orishas....

On today's episode we have the talented multimedia artist Tamara Santibañez - probably best known for her incredible tattoo work at Brooklyn's legendary Saved Tattoo. She came with some of the música that she listens to in the studio, and you're gonna love it - pari-ready reggaeton, 90s chicano power hip hop, and a sappy oldie, porque why not? Join us as we chat about Latinxs in the south, the dee...

Trico Tri amores! It’s that weird, gringo time of the year where kids get dressed up in scary costumes and accept candy from strangers. Probably your abuela’s worst nightmare, but we’re down. In honor of the season, we’ve got a few songs for you: some that are spooky and monstrous, and one is a shoutout to Dia De Los Muertos. Featuring music by Rubio, La Santa Cecilia and Arca. Show notes: https:/...

Real talk. Sometimes your best laid plans don't work out. Sometimes the amazing episode you prepped and recorded gets royally f'd beyond repair and you have to go with plan b. So today we're re-releasing one of our fave episodes from this past year--Novela Feels! Enjoy bbs, and gracias por tu paciencia. We'll be back next week with a new episode. Some of our favorite songs are the most dramáticas....

What it takes to pull off a good cover. Music for your next pari. Mucho sentimiento. Y mucho, mucho, mucho....AMOR. Featuring music by Aymee Nuviola, Cuco, and Toby Love. Show notes here: https://www.radiomenea.com/blog/2017/10/13/meneito-4-mucho-sentimiento

Selena deep cuts. Quinceañera classics. Borracho jams. We're talking about música de la frontera this week with Yvonne Marquez - Senior Editor for Autostraddle, an awesome queer magazine where she writes about Latinx politics and culture. A native of Mission, Texas, Yvonne joins us to focus on the music of la frontera Tejana and to chat about our shared love of the Rio Grande Valley. Listen in for...

Why did lez movies used to be so trash? Is Burning Man just a bunch of dirty white people? Did Vero's parents really immigrate to the US so she could sleep on the ground? (No, no they did not.) Join us as we chat the pros and cons of camping, doghouse sex scenes, and Canadian pioneers of hand-drawn animation. And as always, the amazing música that's been on our playlists. Featuring music by Populo...

Icons. Reinas. Únicas. The fiercest of the fierce. Today we bring you the divas. They have the presence, the fire, and the voice (well, most of them--sorry, J Lo). Tune in for a fabulous mezcla of divas from across time and place; stay to hear about the shady diva rivalries, to find out which of these songs' lyrics Vero has tattooed on her arm, and to discover why our moms don't think their eyebro...

Bienvenidxs al pari, amores! AKA our second Meneito--a small taste of what we've been into to tide you over until our full episode next week. Nos despedimos del verano by bringing you three songs we're digging--all released this summer--and let you know why we're SO HYPED about this weekend, including shoutouts to a couple of our very sweet listeners.

This week we're previewing Bodega Island, the biggest & dopest indie, merengue, alt, bachata, punk music festival in the world (slash the only one), which takes place on September 9th in Brooklyn. Bodega Island's Lael Llaverías joins us to chat merengue punkiao, bachata Black Sabbath, and his eternal quest for incorporating Dominican rhythms in the most unsuspecting places. Featuring music by Boom...

Sorpresa amores! We've been thinking about this forever pero finally decided to do it - we're gonna start giving you some Radio Menea love every week! We're keeping our full episodes bi-weekly, pero from now on, on all our off Fridays we wanna give you un meneito. No themes ni nada - just a taste of what we're into. Disfruten! Featuring music by Gaby, DLG, and Clara Lima. Show notes: https://www.r...

This week's episode is extra special! We're not only talking about our favorite topic--music that makes us want to menearlo, naturally--but we recorded this episode on a wild fun Instagram live. It's been a rough few weeks (months? years? lifetimes?), and it never hurts to dance it out. So dale duro (más duro! más duro! más duro!) while you listen along to the música that makes Vero want to wine h...

On this week's episode, we bring you songs about being intoxicated: with substances, with love, with our total lack of fucks to give. Our usual variedad, pero maybe a bit tipsy. ¿Si ya saben como nos ponemos pa que nos invitan? Featuring music by A.Chal, Los Panchos y Eydie Gormé, Rubby, Los Titanes de Durango, Maluma and Empress Of. Show notes: https://www.radiomenea.com/blog/2017/08/11/episode-3...

Fulano y Mengano. Zutano y Perengano. We realized that many of our faves are paired up, so we're bringing you an entire episode of some of our favorite duos. Like our tastes, they span a wild range of genres, so ponte redi for a range of canciones from your fave duo of all (us, obvio)! Featuring music by Monchy y Alexandra, Wisin y Yandel, Periko & Jesse Leon, Buscabulla, Alexis y Fido, and Ibeyi....

Se acabó! This week, we talk about endings, and all the feels that come with them. Songs about endings that fuck you up, endings that are sad, endings you'd rather forget, and endings that feel like freedom. Featuring songs by Bad Bunny, Natalia Lafourcade, Jessie Reyez, Tony Dize, Chocolate Remix, Zacarías Ferreira, and El Gran Combo. Show notes: https://www.radiomenea.com/blog/2017/07/14/episode...

Pónganse redi pal Afro-Latino Fest with our invitada and Guest DJ Mai-Elka Prado - the incredible mujer behind the one of the most fire New York summer events. On today's episode we preview un lineup bien jevi, así que no te lo pierdas! Mai-Elka nos cuenta about how the festival got started and brings you six of her favorite artists who will be at the festival this year. And if there's any way you...

You know the stories. The twisted, lying, cheating kind? This week's episode is all about those canciones que se tratan de engaño--deception. We've got plot twists, indecent proposals, and LOLz, as well as discussions about the real shit, like...is that Maluma song legit about consensual non-monogamy???  Featuring music by Hansel y Raul, Maluma, Andy Andy, Whitest Taino Alive, Nicky Jam and La Fav...

Your voice memos & song recs were demasiado cute for us to keep to ourselves, so....we won't! Sharao all the folks who sent us song recs and voice memos - y'all really filled our corazoncitos. So here's un poquitito más listener picks action, because we love you and you're the best

We've been talking about this forever, and it's finally time! This week, we've relied on you - our queridísimxs listeners - to make the playlist. We asked, and you CAME THRU! Turns out y'all are mad cool, and have fire taste - nada de sorpresas here. Gracias for your suggestions, your voice memos, and your overwhelming amor - our listeners are truly the best! Featuring music by Kevin Florez, Macac...

This week we've got TWO special guests on the show with us -- las mujeres que nos dieron la vida -- our mamis! We know we're lucky to have two amazing and lovely mujeres that we get to call our mamis, so we invited them on to share their fave jams with us. Pia y Rosa each came on the show to tell some stories and share some very mami songs. You ready for some mom jams? Checkirau! Featuring music b...

Que emoción! For today's show, we brought super-talented and fierce mujer Xenia Rubinos (!!!) on as Guest DJ. She joined us on a brief break from her tour to talk about un poco de todo - from lush sound collages and the artists who are inspiring her next project to her fiercely loyal mami. Que esperas? Check it out! Featuring music by Xenia Rubinos (obvio), Gal Costa, Ghetto Brothers, Idalberto Gá...

Están redi? We got to meet IRL with the chamacos over at Latinos Who Lunch and it was F-U-N. So today, with the fab Babelito and FavyFav, we bring you an episode full de música about food, obvio! We also recorded an episode for Latinos Who Lunch, so if you haven't listened already, que esperas? Make your way to Latinos Who Lunch to hear all the chisme and LOLs! Featuring music by El Gran Combo, Os...

For our second-ever country-specific episode, we decided to bring in the big guns. Isabelia Herrera - boss Dominicana and Music Editor over at Remezcla - joins us to chat about shredding on the accordion, freak out about Rita Indiana's glorious return to music, and give us lessons on Tigueraje. No te lo pierdas! Featuring songs by El Alfa, Anthony Santos, Mula, Fefita La Grande, Rita Indiana, and...

After a year of Radio Menea, we're ready to hear from you, queridxs listeners, in preparation for a very special listener picks episode! Record a voice memo with a few sentences about your favorite song and send to radiomenea@gmail.com.