...is Homenaje al Tres by La 5ta Galaxia, from their eponymous 1982 album. Another gem found thanks to Gia Fu, this time in her mix Salsa Records From Venezuela.
10 noviembre 2023
03 noviembre 2023
La canción de la semana #880
...is Funky by Harold López-Nussa, from his new album Timba a la Americana.
Ruy Adrián López-Nussa: drums Grégoire Maret: harmonica Luques Curtis: double bass Bárbaro "Machito" Crespo: congas |
28 octubre 2023
La canción de la semana #879
Vamos al Valle de Elqui by Arturo Jorge y Su Cuarteto Tradición, from the Cuban band's 2023 album Sonero de Oriente.
20 octubre 2023
La canción de la semana #878
The Tiny Desk was spoiling us with some great Spanish-language music during this "Latinx Heritage Month". That's where I discovered for myself Ivy Queen (Martha Ivelisse Pesante Rodríguez) — I would have discovered her years ago if I were into reggaeton, which I am not. So, ladies and gentlemen: Menor Que Yo by the one and only Ivy Queen.
| Ivy Queen: vocals Barba Blanca: percussion, piano, musical direction Marco Jiménez Santana: violin Adriana Lizardi: double bass Lourdes Naomi Negrón: viola Javier Tirado: cello |
14 octubre 2023
La canción de la semana #877
...is Escándalo, the opener of the 1970 album Pan by Grupo Pan (Venezuela) led by Carlos "Nené" Quintero. Long out of print, this album was recently reissued on vinyl.
07 octubre 2023
La canción de la semana #876
...is Tortuga Mareña by Cantares del Pacífico, a folkloric group from Buenaventura, Colombia led by the marimba player Eryen Korath. This song appears on the album Aguajes de Mar y Manglar.
30 septiembre 2023
La canción de la semana #875
...is Papa Upa by Babalu, Eddy Mar Salsa y Sabor, from the band's 1976 record Tranquilisate. I'd never known who they were if not for Gia Fu's programme Salsa Records From Curaçao, full of equally obscure and wonderfully catchy tunes. I didn't even know they played salsa in Curaçao. Now I know.
22 septiembre 2023
La canción de la semana #874
...is DPM (De Pxta Madre) by Kany García. The song was released two years ago but I first heard it in Kany's recent (and gorgeous) Tiny Desk Concert.
Antonio Alonso: drums, percussion, background vocals José M. Gómez: keyboards, accordion, background vocals Olga I. González: background vocals, shaker, tambourine Bryan Pérez: bass guitar Cristian F. Rivera: music director, steel guitar, ukulele, background vocals Ricardo Rodríguez: classical guitar, background vocals |
15 septiembre 2023
La canción de la semana #873
Irina Bogushevskaya (Ирина Богушевская) sang:
Ах, Рио-Рита! Как высоко плыла ты над нами,
Через страх и озноб, через восторг побед,
Аргентины далёкой привет!
But what Rio Rita has to do with Argentina? Very little. The pasodoble was composed in 1932 by the Catalan Enric Santeugini i Montsalvatge (Enrique Santeugini y Montsalvaje), then resident in Berlin. Originally called Adiós Madrecita (but seriously!), it really became famous as Für dich, Rio Rita (Rio Rita was the name of a dance bar in Tauentzienstraße 12, Berlin), with the German lyrics by Oscar H. Adam. In 1937, the instrumental version by Marek Weber and his orchestra came to the former Soviet Union where it was incredibly popular. By that time, both Weber and Santeugini left Germany.
The song appeared on a B-side of a 78 rpm shellac record, whose A-side was occupied by... Argentina (Ich will ja nichts als deine Liebe) by Santiago Lopez, also performed by Marek Weber. (Neither composer was credited on a Soviet disc. Typical.) Maybe that explains the Rio Rita-Argentina connection?
07 septiembre 2023
La canción de la semana #872
...is Frágil by Yahritza y su Esencia and Grupo Frontera. An alternative version of this song is closing Yahritza's recent Tiny Desk Concert.
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