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Ep 194: For Your Fall Playlists Oct 07, 2022

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From good musiquita for the cooler months to fun collaborations, accessible pop, and explorations of love, this week we’ve got some cute new releases for your fall playlists. Featuring music by La Santa Cecilia, Dueto Dos Rosas, Daniela Lalita, Wisin y Yandel, Prince Royce, Lyanno, Young Miko, Kany Garcia, Christian Nodal, Anaís Azul, Bacilos, Chacin & RaiNao. Show notes: bit.ly/3SNeeUi Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

Ep 193: Hurricane Season Sep 30, 2022

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Each year, hurricane season gets more intense and more disastrous, particularly for folks in the Caribbean. As Puerto Rico is still recovering from the impacts of Hurricane Fiona, people in Cuba and Florida are now dealing with Hurricane Ian’s destructive impact. In this episode we explore the ways our changing climate is disproportionately impacting our gente in the global south, including places to which we owe so much musically and culturally. The ways colonialism is inherently tied up in extractive industries and the attempted decimation of indigenous ways of knowing is central to all of this, and artists across Latin America are reckoning with these themes as they face the effects of all that violence on their tierra. Featuring music by Bad Bunny, Maná, ChocQuibTown, and Bomba Estéreo. Show notes: https://bit.ly/3LTcDJK Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

Ep 192: Melancholy Sep 16, 2022

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A deep abiding sadness. Existential dread. How would you describe melancholy? In this week’s episode we dive into the expressions of melancholy in Latine music. Unsurprisingly, hay mucho que escoger. Get ready to romanticize your melancholic solitude. Featuring music by Los Diablitos, La India, Goyo, Twin Shadow, Antony Santos, La Lupe, Sonora Siguaray, Carlos y Alejandra. Show notes: bit.ly/3S5zXpw Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

Ep 191: GOAT Sep 09, 2022

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Vero took on the wild adventure of cooking a whole goat in a highly regional preparation that’s been passed down through family, so we obviously took this chance to talk about it and the GOATs of some of our fave Caribbean genres: Bachata, Salsa, Reggaeton, and Merengue. Shoutout our editor (and ghost producer apparently lol) Myte from Cabronas y Chingonas for the theme idea. Content warning: we definitely talk extensively about the preparation of a whole animal. If you’re squeamish about meat, be warned! Featuring music by Romeo Santos, Celia Cruz, Daddy Yankee, Johnny Ventura, Elvis Crespo, and Hector Lavoe. Show notes: https://bit.ly/3d0oyIE Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

Ep 190: Besos Escandalosos Sep 02, 2022

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It’s time for some new musiquita again! And in the meantime we catch up on current chisme - besos escandalosos, posthumous Selenas y más. Featuring music by Natti Natasha, Daddy Yankee, Wisin y Yandel, Villano Antillano, Ptazeta, Selena, Beyonce, Ivy Queen, Tonga Conga, Mabiland, Los Rakas, and MULA. Show notes: https://bit.ly/3RwjyKs Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

Ep 189: The Lambada Lie Aug 26, 2022

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We talk a lot about the influence of African people, instruments, and rhythms on Latinx music. But we know that indigenous peoples and musical traditions have also had an impact. This week we take a deep dive into one of the most iconic examples from Los Kjarkas, an Andean folk group from Bolivia, whose iconic song Llorando Se Fue (aka La Lambada) inspired many covers and samples, from the 80s until today. Featuring music by Los Kjarkas, Kaoma, Wisin y Yandel, Don Omar, Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull and Marcia Ferreira. Show notes: bit.ly/3Aljwyh Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

Ep 188: Latinx Musicals Aug 19, 2022

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Coco. In the Heights. Encanto. Despite a very white dominated media, a few Latinx musicals, both film and theatre, have managed to find significant success. In this episode we take a journey through some of the biggest Latinx musicals to grace our stages and our screens. Featuring music by Mambo All Stars, Chita Rivera, Natalia LaFourcade, Miguel, and music from the cast of Coco, West Side Story, Encanto and In The Heights. Show notes: bit.ly/3PEKdTX Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

Ep 187: Bachata Rosa Aug 12, 2022

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Juan Luis Guerra’s “Bachata Rosa” is an iconic album credited with bringing Dominican genres to the rest of the world. Over thirty years after its release, the album’s status as a classic is undeniable. But bachata and merengue both had long histories before Juan Luis Guerra, and bachata specifically - previously seen as a low-class and vulgar style - came to be seen in a whole new light after the album’s release, paving the way for many to come after. But what does it mean when a historically Black rural genre garners respect once a white Dominican presents it to the world with a shiny pop treatment? Featuring music by Juan Luis Guerra and his longtime backup band, 440. Show notes: https://bit.ly/3QEuLIx Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

Ep 186: Lost to Jesus Aug 05, 2022

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You know those famous reggaetoneros who find Jesus and reject their music careers? Farruko might be the latest to publicly and dramatically announce a turn to religion (during Pepas no less!), but he is not the first to decide God is more important than music. Listen in as we mourn the music greats who have turned away from the music we love and turned toward el Señor. Featuring music by Hector El Father, Lary Over, Julio Voltio, Farruko, El General, Juan Luis Guerra and Vico C. Show notes: bit.ly/3zZyKKe Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

Ep 185: Bomba Estereo's El Duende Jul 29, 2022

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Simón Mejía of Bomba Estereo joins Vero to talk en español about their new documentary project, El Duende. It explores Marimba, a Afro-Colombian musical tradition from the Pacific coast of the country, an area that because of it’s isolation has created a unique and distinctive sound. Featuring music by Bomba Estereo and Bad Bunny. Show notes: bit.ly/3OCJ2El Follow us: instagram.com/RadioMenea twitter.com/RadioMenea tinyletter.com/RadioMenea

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