The Pasatono Orquesta, a band in the traditional style of the highland villages in Southern Mexico, tours the US. Pasatono mixes festive music with traditional Mixtec instruments. Their new album, Maroma, was named after a popular travelling circus, and recreates the sounds of Gypsy marches and the ambience of clown performances. Leaders of the band visit our studios in Oakland.
Guests: Ruben Luengas, Artistic Director, Patricia García, Violin player; Edgar Serralde, Voice; Pasatono Orquesta, Oaxaca City.
Also, Obama Announces Historic Shift on Cuba. President Obama anounced important changes in the decades old approach to blockade Cuba. At the same time, he announced the release of prisoners in the US and Cuba. A distinguished Cuban American academic researcher comments on the meaning of this policy announcement.
Guest: Nelson P. Valdés, Sociologist, Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
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