TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11 PROGRAM # 7900 12:00 PM PST. Gabino Palomares. Renowned Mexican singer and composer Gabino Palomares, a leading exponent of Latin America’s New Song movement from the 60s, is touring the US. In this conversation in San Francisco, Palomares talks about his beginnings in the New Song, his signature song La Maldición de […]

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 PROGRAM # 7886 12:00 PM PT Encuentro de Jaraneros. Groups of soneros and bailadores from all over California gathered in East Los Angeles, a hotbed of Mexican folk music, in the longest-running encuentro that celebrates a decades-long connection between Chicanos from Los Angeles and the traditional music from the Mexican coastal state […]

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 PROGRAM # 7880 5:00 PM PT John Santos Sextet and Bobi Céspedes. The John Santos Sextet, one of the premier Latin jazz ensembles led by seven-time GRAMMY nominee, the veteran composer, percussionist and folk music educator John Santos, is joined on stage by Afro-Cuban bandleader Bobi Céspedes, an acclaimed vocalist and composer. […]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 PROGRAM # 7872 12:00 PM PST. Musicians from the Purepecha Heartlands. Don Pedro Dimas and his family string band “Mirando al Lago” came to the US invited by the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Washington state to showcase their repertoire of traditional dance music from the Purepecha people villages surrounding Lake […]

THURSDAY, AUGUST 25 PROGRAM # 7865 12:00 PM PT Homayoun Sakhi and Salar Nader. A conversation with two internationally recognized Afghan musicians who represent the Afghan exile communities’ journeys and experiences. Born in Afghanistan to one of the country’s leading musical families, Homayoun Sakhi is an outstanding player of the rubab, the national instrument. Salar […]