MONDAY, DECEMBER 27 PROGRAM # 9483 12:00 PM PDT Kwanzaa. On the second day of Kwanzaa, a leading promoter of AfroLatino culture talks about the roots of this African-American celebration and its growing presence in Latino families in the US and Caribbean countries. In this year-end, non-religious ritual, families pledge to honor their ancestors and […]

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23 PROGRAM # 9481 12:00 PM PDT The Tradition of Villancicos Navideños. Maestro Juan Pedro Gaffney, director of the first chorus ensemble in the US featuring medieval and contemporary songs from Ibero-American baroque and indigenous origins, talks about their then newly-released album dedicated to the celebrations of the feasts of the Nativity cycle. […]

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25 PROGRAM # 9452 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Eva Ybarra-The Queen of the Accordion ( A Repeat). In this interview, originally aired on June 13, 1997, leading Texan conjunto figure Eva Ybarra talks about her beginnings in the music and her uphill breakthrough as a master accordionist in a field dominated by […]

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 PROGRAM # 9442 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: Patricio Manns: A Repeat. This is an interview with prolific singer, writer and poet Patricio Manns, a pioneer of the Chilean New Song movement. Legendary Violeta Parra is said to have considered Patricio the best Chilean composer of modern times. The interview was originally […]

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26 PROGRAM # 9421 11:00 AM PDT Extra Edition: 100 Years of Vargas de Tecalitlán. A Repeat. In 1997, legendary Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán was preparing to celebrate with a tour around the world 100 years since its founding by Don Gaspar Vargas. Radio Bilingüe celebrated this centennial headlining Vargas in its XIV […]