¡Hola mi gente del Mix(ed)tape Podcast! Bienvenidos al Single 18: Para Bailar El Montuno, el cual contiene la entrevista extendida con el profesor David García. 

El profesor García es un etnomusicólogo que ha estudiado la música negra y la música latina de los Estados Unidos, con un enfoque teórico en la raza y el racismo, y que ocupa la Cátedra Distinguida Robin March Hanes en el Departamento de Música de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte en Chapel Hill. El profesor García es autor del libro “Arsenio Rodríguez and the Transnational Flows of Latin Popular Music”.

Esta conversación complementa al episodio Were You Listening? Track 27, dedicado a la canción Bruca Maniguá.

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Traducción: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Voice-over: Antonio Feliz

What's up Mix(ed)tape listeners! Welcome to Single 18: Para Bailar El Montuno, which contains an extended interview with professor David García.

Professor García is an ethnomusicologist who has studied black music and Latin music of the United States, with a theoretical focus on race and racism, and who holds the Robin March Hanes Distinguished Professorship in the Music Department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill @uncmusic. He's the author of the book "Arsenio Rodríguez and the Transnational Flows of Latin Popular Music".

This conversation complements Were You Listening? Track 27, devoted to the song Bruca Maniguá.

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Host/Director: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
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¡Hola mi gente del Mix(ed)tape Podcast! Bienvenidos al Single 17: By The Sea, el cual contiene la entrevista extendida con el artista Mel Semé. 

Mel Semé es un músico, cantante y compositor, graduado en música de la prestigiosa Universidad de las Artes, en La Habana, Cuba. A lo largo de su carrera, Mel ha tocado en las orquestas sinfónicas de La Habana y Camagüey; ha participado en varios proyectos educativos y de interpretación en Europa; lideró el grupo Black Gandhi; y ha formado parte de grupos como Skyland, Barcelona Percussion Project, Man Ex Maquina, y Gone Gone Beyond. Actualmente, se encuentra en Nueva York interpretando a Ibrahim Ferrer en el musical Buena Vista Social Club en Broadway.

Esta conversación complementa al episodio Were You Listening? Track 27, dedicado a la canción Bruca Maniguá.

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Host/Director: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
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Traducción: Andrés Hincapié, PhD

What's up Mix(ed)tape listeners! Welcome to Single 17: By The Sea, which contains an extended interview with artist Mel Semé.

Mel Semé is a musician, singer, composer, and songwriter who graduated in music from the coveted Universidad de las Artes, in Havana, Cuba. Throughout his career Mel has played in the symphonic orchestras of Havana and Camagüey, he has participated in several teaching and performing projects in Europe, he led the group Black Gandhi, and has participated in groups such as Skyland, Barcelona Percussion Project, Man Ex Maquina, and Gone Gone Beyond. Currently, he’s in New York portraying Ibrahim Ferrer in the Buena Vista Social Club musical on Broadway

This conversation complements Were You Listening? Track 27, devoted to the song Bruca Maniguá.

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Host/Director: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer/Sound Editor: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Translation: Andrés Hincapié, PhD, Carlos Javier Félix
Voice-over: Gerald Harrison 

¡Hola mi gente del Mix(ed)tape Podcast! Hoy estaremos escuchando la canción  Bruca Maniguá, interpretada aquí por Ibrahim Ferrer con Buena Vista Social Club. En Bruca Maniguá, el compositor cubano Arsenio Rodríguez escribe sobre la necesidad existencial de un hombre negro por su libertad. Contextualizaremos la canción con la ayuda de dos invitados increíbles: Mel Semé, el artista que interpreta a Ibrahim Ferrer en el musical Buena Vista Social Club de Broadway, y el profesor  David García, quien ha hecho extensa investigación sobre Arsenio. 

En Bruca Maniguá Arsenio usa astutamente esa práctica común de estereotipar a los personajes negros para cambiar la narrativa y, en cambio, presentar un personaje negro dignificado, orgulloso de sus raíces ancestrales, consciente de su explotación, y quien demanda su libertad. Musicalmente, la canción es un ejemplo característico de los afro-cubanos de Arsenio, con una sección inicial en ritmo tango-congo seguida del montuno, el cual fue creado por Arsenio.

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Host/Director: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
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Traducción: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Voice-over: Antonio Feliz

Hola Mix(ed)tape listeners! Today we'll be listening to Bruca Maniguá, interpreted by Ibrahim Ferrer with Buena Vista Social Club. In Bruca Maniguá, Cuban composer Arsenio Rodríguez writes about the existential need of a black man for his freedom. We’ll contextualize the song with the help of two incredible guests: Mel Semé, the artist who interprets Ibrahim Ferrer in the Buena Vista Social Club musical on Broadway, and professor David García, who has done extensive research on Arsenio.

In Bruca Maniguá, Arsenio brilliantly uses the common practice of stereotyping black characters to flip the script and, instead, present a dignified black character proud of his ancestry, aware of his exploitation, and who demands his freedom. Musically, the song is characteristic of Arsenio’s afro-cubanos, with an initial tango-congo section followed by a montuno, which Arsenio is the creator of. 

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Producer/Sound Editor: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Translation: Andrés Hincapié, PhD, Carlos Javier Félix
Voice-over: Gerald Harrison 

¡Hola mi gente del Mix(ed)tape Podcast! Hoy estaremos escuchando la canción  Herencia Africana de Yuri Buenaventura. En esta canción Yuri Buenaventura busca resaltar y honrar la herencia africana de Colombia. Musicalmente, la canción tiene un juego de transición entre salsa y rumba guaguancó, esta última funcionando como un llamado insistente que nos hala y nos regresa a esas raíces africanas y afrolatinas de la cultura latinoamericana y caribeña. 

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Editor de Audio: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Traducción del episodio: Carlos Javier Félix, Andrés Hincapié, PhD

Hola Mix(ed)tape listeners! Today we'll be listening to Herencia Africana by Yuri Buenaventura. In this song Yuri seeks to highlight and pay homage to the African heritage in Colombia. Musically, the song has a playful transition back and forth between salsa and rumba guaguancó, the latter an insistent call, pulling us back, closer to the African and Afro-Latin roots of Latin American and Caribbean culture.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Sound Editor: Melissa Villodas, PhD

¡Hola mi gente del Mix(ed)tape Podcast! Hoy estaremos escuchando la canción El Negro Bembón, interpretada por Ismael Rivera. En esta canción el gran Maelo describe el asesinato de un hombre negro de labios gruesos por el simple hecho de ser negro y tener labios gruesos. Al tiempo que la letra cuestiona el motivo del asesinato, la canción distrae a los oyentes desprevenidos, a quienes ubica en el borde entre la opresión antinegritud y la cadencia animada de la salsa. 

Como invitada especial tenemos a Nicole Ahima de  Nashville Salsa Dancing  quien comparte con nosotros una reflexión inspirada en la canción.

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Autora del Episodio Original: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Editora de Audio: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Traducción del episodio: Carlos Javier Félix, Andrés Hincapié
Doblaje: Octavia Christopher 

Hola Mix(ed)tape listeners! Today we'll be listening to El Negro Bembón, interpreted by Ismael Rivera. In this song el gran Maelo describes the murder of a black man with thick lips for the simple fact that he's black and has thick lips. While the lyrics question the motive for the murder, the song distracts unsuspected listeners who stand on the edge between oppressing anti-blackness and the up-beat tempo of salsa music. 

As a special guest we have Nicole Ahima from Nashville Salsa Dancing who shares with us a reflection inspired by the song.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Original Episode Script: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Sound Editor: Melissa Villodas, PhD

Entonces qué queridos oyentes del Mix(ed)tape podcast! Ya sé, ha pasado un montón de tiempo desde nuestro último episodio, pero créanme, tenía que resolver unas cosas. Pero aquí estamos de vuelta y hoy estaremos escuchando la canción Salsa & Choke de ChocQuibTown. En Salsa & Choke ChocQuibTown celebra un ritmo diferente llamado Salsa Choke. El coro nos revela una referencia histórica. La salsa y el choke, las influencias principales de la salsa choke, son ritmos diferentes. El choke uno podría decir que se parece más al reggaetón. Ambos ritmos son escuchados comúnmente en la ciudad de Tumaco, una ciudad al sur de la costa pacífica colombiana cuya población es 85% afrocolombiana de acuerdo con el censo de 2023. Se dice que las primeras fusiones de salsa con choke que crearon la salsa choke sucedieron allí a mediados de los 2000.

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Editora de Audio: Melissa Villodas, PhD

Hola Mix(ed)tape listeners! I know, it's been a while.... but believe, I just had some things to sort out. Today we'll be listening to Salsa & Choke by ChocQuibTown. While ChocQuibTown is a hip-hop band, in today’s song they celebrate a different rhythm called Salsa Choke. The chorus of the song reveals a historical reference, Salsa and Choke are separate rhythms and are the main influences of Salsa Choke. The latter, choke, is closer to something like regueton. Both rhythms were common in the town of Tumaco, a southern town in the Pacific Coast of Colombia, whose population is estimated to be 85% Afro-Colombian as of 2023. The first fusions of salsa and choke that created salsa choke are said to have happened there in the mid 2000s.

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Qué cuentan queridos oyentes del Mix(ed)tape podcast! Hoy nos unimos a Joe Arroyo y decimos, La Quiero Negra! Y usando el mensaje directo de esta canción, de esta joya escondida, celebramos la posibilidad de que la siguiente persona en ocupar la presidencia de los Estados Unidos sea una mujer negra, e intercambiamos opiniones sobre lo que significa que ese rol lo ocupe Kamala Harris. La hermosa canción que sirve de marco para el intercambio de ideas en el episodio 7 de Were You Listening?  es la canción La Quiero Negra de Joe Arroyo.

Las maravillosas mujeres que nos comparten sus opiniones, su esperanza y su escepticismo, son nuestras queridas amigas Kimberly Nicole, Stephanie Watkins, Courtney Feliz, Nicole Ahima, y Serena Spears. Kimberly es una profesional de comunicaciones corporativas en la industria de la tecnología, ella es también una bailadora profesional de kizomba y de semba con muchos años de experiencia, y es también la directora de la compañía de baile Kizomba RDU. Stephanie es una afro latina orgullosa de su raza y de su etnia, y es una defensora de la vivienda asequible y del desarrollo comunitario equitativo; durante el día, Stephanie trabaja como directora de políticas de vivienda en la Coalición de Vivienda de Carolina del Norte; durante la noche, Stephanie es una bailaora social con años de experiencia, y hace parte de la compañía de baile Mambo Dinámico. Nicole es una salsera increíble y una instructora de baile con muchos años de experiencia; ella es también la directora de Nashville Salsa Dancing. Courtney es una bailadora social de gran experiencia y subdirectora del Proyecto de Artes Brasileños de Carolina del Norte. Serena es una consultora corporativa de pensiones y una bailadora profesional y maestra con experiencia en varios estilos de movimiento  afrodiaspórico, nativo, y occidental.

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD

Hi Mix(ed)tape listeners! Today we join Joe Arroyo to say "I want her black!" Using the direct message of this hidden gem of a song we celebrate the possibility of having a black woman as the next president of the United States and we exchange impressions regarding what it means for that role to be fulfilled by Kamala Harris. The beautiful song that serves as the framework for our musings in track 7 of Were You Listening?  is the song La Quiero Negra by Joe Arroyo.

The wonderful women who share their opinions with us, their hope and their skepticism, are our dear friends Kimberly Nicole, Stephanie Watkins, Courtney Feliz, Nicole Ahima, and Serena Spears. Kimberly is a corporate communications professional in the tech industry, a professional Kizomba and semba dancer with many years of experience, and the director of Kizomba RDU Dance Company. Stephanie is a proud Afro-Latina, and passionate advocate for affordable housing and equitable community development; during the day she works as the Director of Housing Policy at the North Carolina Housing Coalition, during the night, she is a seasoned social dancer and member of the dance company Mambo Dinámico. Nicole is an incredible salsera and dance instructor with many years of experience and she is the director of Nashville Salsa Dancing. Courtney is a seasoned social dancer and an assistant director for the North Carolina Brazilian Arts Project. Serena es una consultora corporativa de pensiones y una bailadora profesional y maestra con experiencia en varios estilos de movimiento  afrodiaspórico, nativo, y occidental.a corporate pension consultant as well as a professional dancer and teacher with experience in many Afro-diasporic, indigenous, and Western styles of movement.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD

Qué cuentan queridos oyentes del Mix(ed)tape Podcast! Hoy vamos a presenciar la celebración del nacimiento de un gran rumbero... o así nos promete la reina  Celia Cruz! En el track 6 de Were You Listening?  analizaremos la canción Bembelequa de Celia Cruz.

Esta canción fue una petición de una muy querida amiga del podcast, una bailadora social ubicada en Chicago, coordinadora de investigación clínica en La Universidad de Chicago, y melliza de tiempo completo, Briana Harrison. En "Bembelequa" Celia presencia el surgimiento de un nuevo talentoso rumbero cuyas habilidades, dignas de ser celebradas, simbolizan innovación y transformación. 

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

Hi Mix(ed)tape listeners! Today we celebrate that a great rumbero is about to be born... or so tells us queen Celia Cruz! In track 6 of Were You Listening?  we analyze the song Bembelequa by Celia Cruz.

This song is a request from a dear friend of the podcast, Chicago-based social dancer, clinical research coordinator, and full time twin, Briana Harrison. In "Bembelequa" Celia bears witness to the emergence of a talented new rumbero whose skill symbolizes innovation and transformation that warrants celebration. 

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

¡!Esto. Te Pone. La Cabeza. Mala!! Hola queridos oyentes de Mix(ed)tape! En el track 5 de Were You Listening? analizamos la canción Esto Te Pone La Cabeza Mala de Juan Formell y Los Van Van.

Dos maravillosas practicantes de bailes populares cubanos nos ayudan a contextualizar esta canción: Oesa y Cokie. Ellas son dos de las fundadoras de Palenke Cuban Dance. Durante su tiempo en el Barnard College, Oesa desarrolló un amor por el baile afro cubano, especialmente a través de sus estudios con su mentora Rebecca Bliss. Cokie es DJ y bailadora, ella descubrió la música y el baile cubanos cuando estudió un tiempo en la Habana, Cuba, como parte de su pregrado en la universidad de Vanderbilt, y bajo la tutoría del profesor William Luis.

En "Esto Te Pone La Cabeza Mala" Juan Formell nos presenta un ejemplo nítido del enfoque con el que él y  Los Van Van crean música: fusionando, mezclando, y creando polirítmia, una muestra maravillosa de la timba cubana.

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Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

This messes you up in the head! Hi Mix(ed)tape listeners! In track 5 of Were You Listening?  we analyze the song Esto Te Pone La Cabeza Mala by Juan Formell y Los Van Van.

Two wonderful practitioners of Cuban popular dances help us contextualize this song: Oesa and Cokie. They are two of the founders of Palenke Cuban Dance. During her time at Barnard College, Oesa developed a love for Afro-Cuban dance especially as she studied with her mentor, Rebecca Bliss. Cokie is a DJ and dancer who discovered Cuban music and dance while studying in Habana, Cuba, as part of her undergraduate degree at Vanderbilt University and working under Professor William Luis.

In "Esto Te Pone La Cabeza Mala" Juan Formell presents a prime example of the approach with which he and Los Van Van create music: by fusing, mixing and creating a multitude of rhythms, an outstanding example of Cuban timba.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

"¡Me llamaron negra, me vale verga!" Hola queridos oyentes de Mix(ed)tape! En el track 26 de Were You Listening?  analizamos la canción  Negra, interpretada por  Soluna. ¿Y por qué le vale verga a Soluna? 
 
En Negra Soluna utiliza un ritmo contagioso para mofarse de quien hace la burla. A través de su canto y su rapeo, Soluna se mofa de aquella gente imbécil, lerda, y obtusa que se burla y que irrespeta la negritud de otras personas.

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

"They called me negra, I don't give a damn!" Hi Mix(ed)tape listeners! In track 26 of Were You Listening?  we analyze the song Negra interpreted by Soluna. Listen to find out why Soluna doesn't give a damn?
 
In Negra, Soluna mocks the mocker as she puts it. She uses a catchy rhythm to jokingly sing and rap about moronic, dim-witted, obtuse and unintelligent people who mock and disrespect blackness.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

¡¡Ya dejen que se vaya ese hombre!!! Hola queridos oyentes de Mix(ed)tape! En el track 4 de Were You Listening?  analizamos la canción  Mi Negrita Me Espera interpretada por Ismael "Maelo" Rivera y adaptada por el pianista y compositor Carlos Suarez.

En Mi Negrita Me Espera, Maelo nos canta de manera exquisita sobre una situación mundana de presión de grupo. Maelo nos presenta la disyuntiva de un hombre negro que quiere honrar y respetar a su pareja, una mujer negra, pero que también quiere seguir de fiesta con sus amigos. ¿Qué es lo que hace al final?

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

Let that man leave!!!! Hi Mix(ed)tape Listeners! In track 4 of Were You Listening?  we analyze the song Mi Negrita Me Espera interpreted by Ismael "Maelo" Rivera and adapted by pianist and composer Carlos Suarez.
 
In Mi Negrita Me Espera, Maelo sings exquisitely about a mundane peer-pressure situation. He presents the conundrum of a Black man who wants to both, honor and respect his partner, a Black woman, but who also would like to party along with his friends. What does he do in the end? 

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

¡Hola queridos oyentes de Mix(ed)tape! En el track 3 de Were You Listening?  analizamos la canción Buenaventura y Caney  de Jairo Varela e interpretada por el  Grupo Niche.

Buenaventura y Caney es una oda de amor a la ciudad de Buenaventura, una ciudad en la costa pacífica de Colombia, cuya población ha sido por muchos años de mayoría afrodescendiente, 85% de la población de acuerdo al censo de 2018.

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
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Hey Mix(ed)tape Listeners! In track 3 of Were You Listening?  we analyze the song Buenaventura y Caney  by Jairo Varela interpreted by Grupo Niche.

Buenaventura y Caney is an ode of love to the city of Buenaventura, a city in the Pacific coast of Colombia whose population has been for many years majority Afro-descendent, 85% as of the 2018 census. 

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We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!

Find all of our Were You Listening? episodes here.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

¡Hola queridos oyentes de Mix(ed)tape ! En el track 2 de Were You Listening?  analizamos la canción Bemba Colorá   de José Claro Fúmero en la increíble voz de Celia Cruz.

Si eres una persona que baila y disfruta de la salsa, probablemente hayas bailado esta canción socialmente o en una coreografía. Nosotros seguro lo hemos hecho. Pero, ¿te detuviste alguna vez a pensar sobre el significado de esta canción? Esto es exactamente lo que hizo nuestra amiga e invitada Lauren Wilmore, quien es también una bailadora y la fundadora de Made By Lala. Y nos lo preguntó. Este episodio es nuestra respuesta a su pregunta sobre esta famosa canción.

En Bemba Colorá, José Claro Fúmero escribe, y Celia canta, sobre la insignificancia de un hombre negro, debido al hecho de tener la bemba colorá. Ahora, ¿qué es una bemba colorá? ¿qué es lo que implica? Para eso tendremos que indagar un poco.

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Encuentra todos los episodios de la serie aquí.

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

Hey Mix(ed)tape Listeners! In track 2 of Were You Listening?  we analyze the song Bemba Colorá  by José Claro Fúmero in the incredible voice of Celia Cruz.

If you're a salsa dancer, you've probably danced or performed to this song at some point. We certainly have. But have you stopped to think about its meaning? This is exactly what our friend and former guest Lauren Wilmore, a dancer and the owner of Made By Lala did. And she asked us. This episode is our answer to her inquiry regarding this very famous song. 

In Bemba Colorá, José Claro Fúmero writes, and Celia sings, about the worthlessness of a Black man due to the fact that he has a bemba colorá. Now, what is a bemba colorá or  what does it imply? We'll have to dig a little. 

Were we listening?   

We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!

Find all of our Were You Listening? episodes here.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Vamos a estar renovando, remezclando podríamos decir, los primeros episodios de la serie  Were You Listening?  Y empezamos con el primer episodio de la serie que fue dedicado a la canción Raza de Alexander Abreu y Havana D'Primera.

Comenzamos la serie Were You Listening con la canción Raza porque fue inspirada por los trágicos eventos (el asesinato de George Floyd en 2020) que también inspiraron nuestro propio deseo aquí en el Mix(ed)tape Podcast de honrar y resaltar las contribuciones de la gente negra a la música y los bailes Afrolatinos y Afrocaribeños que tanto disfrutamos.

En la canción Raza, Alexander nos hace varios cuestionamientos básicos que nos llegan a fondo por su simplicidad y por su veracidad. Alexander pregunta, ¿Por qué sigue existiendo el racismo a pesar de que seamos iguales es nuestra calidad de seres humanos? ... ¿Quién no ha gastado horas en frustración confrontando esta pregunta?

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Encuentra todos los episodios de la serie aquí.

Para más información sobre nuestras fuentes échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web aquí y a nuestro canal de Youtube aquí.

Contáctanos en: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

Hey Mix(ed)tape Listeners! Today we launch the first episode of the remixed Were You Listening? series with our very first episode devoted to the song Raza by Alexander Abreu y Havana D'Primera.

We started the  Were You Listening  series with the song Raza because it was sparked by the tragic events (George Floyd's killing in 2020) that also sparked our own desire here at The Mix(ed)tape Podcast to honor and highlight the contributions of Black people to the Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean music and dances we love. In Raza, Alexander poses a series of basic questions that shake us strongly due to their simplicity and veracity. Alexander asks, why is there still racism even though we are the same in our capacity as human beings? ... Who hasn't spent countless hours pondering in frustration about the answer to this question?

Were we listening?   

We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!

Find all of our Were You Listening? episodes here.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We have an amazing conversation with talented Brazilian zouk dancers and connoisseurs Ebonie Lee, Aaron Montgomery and Efosa Uwa-Omede. We talk about the evolution and popularity of Brazilian zouk as a dance, its relation to the original Caribbean zouk music, and the experience of black dancers in the Brazilian zouk scene.

This conversation complements our season 2 episode devoted to zouk: Zouk Party.

Listen to all our singles here.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

The siblings Joyce-lee Duventru-huret and Stanley Duventru-huret, London-based dancers and instructor of Caribbean zouk, talk to us about the Afro-Caribbean roots of zouk, their own cultural and emotional connection to the music and the dance, and how dancers, DJs and enthusiasts of zouk can help the zouk community (including  Caribbean and Brazilian zouk dancers) remember where the rhythm comes from and pay homage to its creators.

You can find a summarized version of this interview in our season 2 episode devoted to zouk: Zouk Party.

Listen to all our singles here.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Le maestro Pierre-Édouard Décimus est un musicien et compositeur légendaire et novateur et l’un des fondateurs du célèbre group de Zouk Kassav', qui a créé le rythme zouk.

Pierre-Edouard discute de sa carrière musicale, du développement du rythme zouk et de celui de Kassav’, des origines du nom du groupe, de la notion de négritude au sein des chansons de Kassav’ et de son opinion sur ce que le zouk représente en tant que technique musicale.

Vous pouvez trouver une version résumée de cet entretien dans l’épisode de notre saisons 2, qui se concentre sur le Zouk : Zouk Party.

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Hôte/Producteur : Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Créatrice de contenu graphique : Susan Mykalcio
Interprète : Doctorante An Hòang-Xuân

The maestro  Pierre-Édouard Décimus is a legendary, innovative musician and composer and one of the founders of the famous zouk group Kassav', who are the creators of the zouk rhythm.

Pierre-Édouard talks to us about his musical journey, the development of the zouk rhythm, the development of Kassav' and the reasons behind the name of the band, the notion of Blackness in the songs of Kassav', and his take on what zouk represents as a musical device.

You can find a summarized version of this interview in our season 2 episode devoted to zouk: Zouk Party.

Listen to all our singles here.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you liked the music we used check our playlists here.

Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Translation Services: PhD student An Hòang-Xuân
Voiceover Services: Actor and R&B Singer Janelle Flowers

Hoy exploramos un clásico del zouk, la canción Zouk-La Sé Sel Médikaman Nou Ni (Zouk Es la Única Medicina que Tenemos) del famoso grupo Kassav', creadores del ritmo de zouk. En este viaje nos acompaña uno de los fundadores del grupo Kassav', el gran maestro Pierre-Édouard Décimus!!! Con un ritmo contagioso, un sonido pegajoso, y con letras sencillas que reflejan un poco su realidad creole caribeña, Kassav'  produce una canción exitosa internacionalmente que puede ser identificada sin lugar a dudas con las Antillas.

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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Zouk Party de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast dedicado al desarrollo del zouk en las Antillas francesas. ¡Escúchenlo! ¡Ahí podrán oír más de Pierre-Édouard Décimus y de otras increíbles invitadas e invitados!

Encuentra todos los episodios de la serie aquí.

Para más información sobre nuestras fuentes échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web aquí y a nuestro canal de Youtube aquí.

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
Servicios de traducción: An Hoàng-Xuân, Carlos Javier Félix
Servicios de voz: Carlos Javier Félix

Today we explore the classic zouk song Zouk-La Sé Sel Médikaman Nou Ni (Zouk Is The Only Medicine We Have) by the famous band Kassav', creators of the zouk rhythm. We are joined in our exploration by one of the founding members of Kassav', the great Pierre-Édouard Décimus!!! With an infectious, catchy sound, and with simple lyrics that speak to their Caribbean creole reality, Kassav' produces an internationally successful song that is unquestionably identified with the Antilles.

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This episode accompanies the episode Zouk Party of the second season of our podcast devoted to the development of the zouk rhythm in the French Antilles, check it out! You can hear from Pierre-Édouard Décimus and other incredible guests there too!

We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!

Find all of our Were You Listening? episodes here.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Translation Services: An Hoàng-Xuân
Voiceover Services: Thierry Hart

In this episode we join a zouk party in the Antilles! We explore the birth and development of the zouk rhythm and its dance in Guadeloupe and Martinique. We touch on the pioneer role played by the famous band Kassav', the importance of the notion of creolness, and how the Caribbean rhythm sprung a new dance style in Brazil which then expanded across the world.

Our guest list is crème de la crème!: Pierre-Édouard Décimus is a legendary, innovative musician and composer and one of the founders of the group Kassav', who are the creators of the zouk rhythm. Dr. Dominique Cyrille is an advisor for museums, intangible cultural heritage, and industrial scientific knowledge at the ministry of culture, French Guiana office. Siblings Joyce-lee Duventru-huret and Stanley Duventru-huret are London-based artists, zouk dancers, choreographers, and instructors of Caribbean zouk. Ebonie Lee is a tech professional and Brazilian zouk dancer and connoisseur currently living in Denver, USA.

Find all the episodes of our second season here.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you liked the music we used check our playlists here.

Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Translation Services: An Hòang-Xuân
Voiceover Services: Thierry Hart

Hoy exploramos un popurrí de dos canciones de bomba puertorriqueña, La Llevo en Mis Venas y Bambulé a Paré, del grupo Tambuyé. Para ayudarnos a contextualizar las canciones entrevistamos a la Directora y Manager de Taller Tambuyé, Marién Torres López. Marién y los artistas de Tambuyé reafirman en este popurrí la herencia negra presente en la práctica de la bomba puertorriqueña en todas sus maravillosas dimensiones, musical, danzaría, sanadora, todas ellas.

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Marién es una artista increíble. Ella es también profesora en el Departamento de Baile en la Universidad Sagrado Corazón, es folklorista, bailarina, música, es barrilera (es decir que toca el tambor), coreógrafa, cantante, y gerente de eventos culturales.

Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Tócame La Bomba / Play Bomba To Me, de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast, dedicado a la evolución del ritmo de bomba en Puerto Rico. ¡Escúchenlo! ¡Nuestras invitadas están fuera de serie!

Para más información sobre nuestras fuentes échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web aquí y a nuestro canal de Youtube aquí.

Contáctanos en: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
Servicios de traducción: Carlos Javier Félix

Today we explore a medley of two bomba songs, La Llevo en Mis Venas (I Carry It in My Veins) and Bambulé a Paré (The Bámbula Is Happening) by the group Tambuyé. To help us contextualize the songs we interviewed the the Manager and Director of Taller Tambuyé, Marién Torres López. Marién and the artists of Tambuyé reaffirm in this medley the Black heritage present in the practice of Puerto Rican bomba in all of its wonderful dimensions, music-related, dance-related, healing-related, you name it.

Were we listening?   

Marién is an incredible artist. She is also an instructor at the Dance Department, Universidad Sagrado Corazón, a Folklorist, Dancer, Musician, Drummer, Choreographer, Singer, and Cultural Events Manager.

This episode accompanies the episode Tócame La Bomba / Play Bomba To Me of the second season of our podcast devoted to the evolution of the bomba rhythm in Puerto Rico, check it out! We have some great guests!

We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Translation Services: Carlos Javier Félix

Mar Cruz has been a bomba dancer and practitioner for over 11 years, she dances with her sister Maria with the group Parranderos de Loiza and their own group Bomba Yemaya, you may recognize Mar on the instagram page Se Baila Bomba.

Mar talks to us about her journey to bomba, the most common bomba rhythms and the ways in which they are danced, the spirituality that can coexist in bomba, the role of bomba as an embodiment of Afro-Puerto Rican culture, and the importance of bomba dancing as a healing mechanism.

You can find a summarized version of this interview in our season 2 episode devoted to bomba:  Tócame La Bomba / Play Bomba To Me.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

En el episodio de hoy hablamos con la cantante y compositora afro-puertorriqueña Alondra Marie Ortiz Rivera del grupo musical de bomba  Afriktaal. Con ella contextualizamos la canción  Color de Mi Raza que ella escribió y que ella canta. Color de Mi Raza es un hermoso mensaje de reafirmación de nuestra negritud, cuestionando las formas en las que la sociedad intenta ocultar nuestra negritud, opacarla, y disminuir su valor. 

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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Tócame La Bomba / Play Bomba To Me, de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast, dedicado a la evolución del ritmo de bomba en Puerto Rico. ¡Escúchenlo! ¡Nuestras invitadas están fuera de serie!

Para más información sobre nuestras fuentes échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web aquí y a nuestro canal de Youtube aquí.

Contáctanos en: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio
Servicios de traducción: Marissa Melchiorre

In today's track we talk with the the Afro-Puerto Rican singer and song-writer Alondra Marie Ortiz Rivera of the bomba music group Afriktaal. We contextualize the song Color de Mi Raza, which she wrote and sings. Color de Mi Raza is a beautiful message of reaffirmation of our blackness, questioning the ways in which society tries to hide our blackness, to make it opaque, and to diminish its value

Were we listening?   

This episode accompanies the episode Tócame La Bomba / Play Bomba To Me of the second season of our podcast devoted to the evolution of the bomba rhythm in Puerto Rico, check it out! We have some great guests! 

We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Translation Services: Marisa Melchiorre

In this episode we go to Puerto Rico a bombear! We explore the development of bomba in Puerto Rico, its Black roots, some of its main figures, its various rhythms and dances, the government's involvement, the role bomba has played in recent social movements, and the exciting and inclusive new voices and dynamics that are emerging in the bomba scene. 

Our collection of guests is just marvelous, check it out:  Dr. Bárbara Abadía-Rexach is an Assistant Professor of Afrolatinidades at San Francisco State University and a prominent researcher on bomba, if you are researching bomba, you will come across her work; Dr. Sarah Bruno is currently a Postdoc of Latinx Studies in Arts, Cultures, and Religions at Rice University, she received her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mar Cruz has been a bomba dancer and practicioner for over 11 years, she dances with her sister Maria with the group Parranderos de Loiza and their own group Bomba Yemaya, you may recognize Mar on the instagram page Se Baila Bomba; Marién Torres López is the Manager and director of Taller Tambuyé, a Professor at the Dance Department, Universidad Sagrado Corazón, a Folklorist, Dancer, Musician, Drummer, Choreographer, Singer, and Cultural events manager.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you liked the music we used check our playlists here.

Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio
Translation Services: Marisa Melchiorre

 Katelina Ecclestón is the creator of Reggeatón con La Gata, the first femme platform dedicated to reggaetón analysis and history, and Perreo 101, a bilingual podcast detailing the evolution of reggaetón. Katelina is also the lead researcher on MTV’s upcoming show De la Calle.

Katelina talks to us about the journey toward becoming a prominent platform dedicated to the analysis and history of reggaetón. She also shares about her upbringing, perspectives related to the history and development of reggaetón, and her work as a burgeoning reggaetón artist.

You can find a summarized version of this interview in our season 2 episode about reggaetón:  Track 8: When Dancing Reggaetón.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

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Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

En Censurarme Eddie Dee confronta prejuicios raciales y clasistas y también las hipocresías moralistas de figuras políticas y sociales que intentan censurar a las personas que hacen rap y reggaetón por lo que consideran temas vulgares y lenguaje ofensivo, al mismo tiempo que cometen crímenes terribles y extrema corrupción.

Nuestra presentadora invitada es la doctora Beth Colón-Pizzini, quien contextualiza la canción y nos habla de una variedad de temas incluyendo la censura, el rol de los raperos en el desarrollo del reggaetón, y las hipocresías políticas en Puerto Rico.

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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Cuando Baila Reggaetón, dedicado al ritmo y baile de reggaetón, de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast. ¡Escúchenlo! ¡Nuestras personas invitadas están fuera de serie!

¡Esperamos que este track contribuya a hacer más rica su relación con la música y que enriquezca su conciencia al bailar!

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

In Censurarme Eddie Dee Eddie Dee confronts racial and classist prejudices and the moralistic hypocrisy of political and social figures who try to censor rappers and reggaetón singers for what they consider vulgar topics and foul language while at the same time engaging in despicable crimes and abject corruption.

Our guest host is Dr. Beth Colón-Pizzini, who contextualizes the song and talks to us about a variety of topics including censorship, the role of rappers in the development of reggaetón, and the political hypocrisies in Puerto Rico.

Were we listening?

This episode accompanies the episode Cuando Baila Reggaeton / When Dancing Reggaetón of the second season of our podcast devoted to the reggaetón rhythm and dance, check it out! We have some great guests! 

We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

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Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Host/Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Dr. Beth Colón Pizzini is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department. Her expertise is on Puerto Rico’s music and street art, Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Afro-Diasporic feminism; pan-Caribbean and afro-diasporic cultural and political exchanges; and decolonial practices.

Beth talks to us about the history of reggaetón, the contribution of various Caribbean countries, the evolution of the genre, the political and moralistic fights surrounding the rhythm, and her own connection to the reggaetón.

You can find a summarized version of this interview in our season 2 episode about reggaetón:  Track 8: When Dancing Reggaetón.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

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Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you liked the music we used check our playlists here.

Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Party de Palo is the first single of Inka's upcoming album Villa Mella, in which he pays homage to this historically Black place in which Inka grew up in the Dominican Republic. In Party de Palo, Inka invites to party along the rhythms of Villa Mella while he reminds us with his lyrics of the incredible cultural richness that Black communities hold.

Our guest host is Inka himself, who contextualizes the song and tells us about the reasons why he decided to create the album Villa Mella.

Were we listening?

This episode accompanies the single Flow Caribe which contains the extended interview we had with Inka a couples of months ago.

We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Host/Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Party de Palo, es el primer sencillo del álbum que Inka va a lanzar próximamente, llamado Villa Mella, en el cual le rinde homenaje a este lugar históricamente poblado por comunidades negras en el cual Inka creció en la República Dominicana. En Party de Palo, Inka nos invita a enfiestarnos al son de los ritmos de Villa Mella, al mismo tiempo que nos recuerda sobre la increíble riqueza cultural que poseen las comunidades negras.

El presentador invitado de este episodio es el mismo Inka, quien nos contextualiza la canción y las razones por las cuales ha decidido crear el álbum Villa Mella.

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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al single Flow Caribe que contiene la entrevista extendida que tuvimos con Inka hace unos meses.

¡Esperamos que este track contribuya a hacer más rica su relación con la música y que enriquezca su conciencia al bailar!

Para más información sobre nuestras fuentes échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web aquí y a nuestro canal de Youtube aquí.

Contáctanos en: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

Inka, rapero, productor musical, educador, y gestor cultural ubicado en Villa Mella, en la República Dominicana, nos habla sobre su enfoque musical que él llama "cimarronaje musical" y nos cuenta sobre varios temas incluyendo las bases rítmicas negras del reggaetón y del dembow,  la anti-negritud presente en la construcción de la identidad dominicana, y la importancia de comunidades afrodescendientes como Villa Mella que evitan que la rica herencia cultural negra en Latinoamérica se pierda.

Este Single contiene la entrevista extendida que tuvimos con Inka. Una versión resumida de la entrevista puedes encontrarla en inglés el en Track 8 de nuestra segunda temporada: Cuando Baila Reggaetón .

Este Single se publica el día 31 de Agosto, Día Internacional de las Personas Afrodescendientes,  y día en que Inka lanza el primer single de su más reciente álbum llamado Party de Palo. Tuvimos la fortuna de incluir parte de esta canción en el single.

¡También estamos celebrando que este es el episodio número 50 de nuestro podcast!

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Host/Productores: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

La canción de hoy, Loíza, es parte del álbum debut  de Tego Calderón, El Abayarde. En Loíza, Tego mezcla una colección de ritmos modernos con la bomba puertorriqueña, y remata la mezcla con incisivas letras, que en este caso critican la forma en que políticos, agentes del orden público, oficiales del gobierno, y personas pudientes en Puerto Rico, discriminan y excluyen a la municipalidad de Loíza, la cual es altamente poblada por afro-puertorriqueños.

En este track tenemos la fortuna de contar con la doctora Beth Colón-Pizzini quien nos ayudará a contextualizar la canción Loíza. La doctora Colón-Pizzini es profesora asistente de instrucción en la Universidad de Texas, Austin, en el departamento de Estudios Africanos y de la Diáspora Africana. 

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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Cuando Baila Reggaetón, dedicado al ritmo y baile de reggaetón, de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast. ¡Escúchenlo! ¡Nuestras personas invitadas están fuera de serie!

¡Esperamos que este track contribuya a hacer más rica su relación con la música y que enriquezca su conciencia al bailar!

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Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

Today's song, Loíza, is part of Tego Calderón’s extremely successful debut album, El Abayarde. In Loíza, Tego mixes an assortment of modern beats with bomba, and topples the mixture with his signature sharp lyrics  which in this case criticize the way in which politicians, law enforcement, government officials, and wealthy individuals in Puerto Rico discriminate and exclude the town of Loíza, a town heavily populated by Afro-Puerto Ricans.

Were we listening?   

In this episode we team with up with Dr. Beth Colón-Pizzini to contextualize Loíza. Beth is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin  in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department.

This episode accompanies the episode Cuando Baila Reggaeton / When Dancing Reggaetón of the second season of our podcast devoted to the reggaetón rhythm and dance, check it out! We have some great guests! 

We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

In this episode nos dedicamos a perrear. We visit the roots and development of reggaetón, learning about the economically disadvantaged, Caribbean Afro-descendant youth who rebelled the rhythm into existence. We also learn about the musical elements of the rhythms and about the dance of reggaetón, touching briefly on reggaetón's relation to Dembow.

For this track we have a set of illustrious guests: Beth Colón-Pizzini is an Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department; Katelina Eccleston aka La Gata is the creator of the platform Reggaeton con La Gata dedicated to reggaetón analysis and history, and is the lead researcher on MTV’s upcoming show “De La Calle”;   Inka is a Dominican rapper, music producer, educator, and cultural manager; and Cris Moreno is a New York City based dancer who has been dancing to Afro Latin rhythms for many years and who has been teaching reggaetón in recent years. 

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

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If you liked the music we used check our playlists here.

Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Las expertas folcloristas, maestras Edelmira Massa Zapata @elpalenquededelia y Rosita Lozano @frampezcolombia nos comparten su conocimiento sobre los orígenes de la cumbia y lo que representa para la cultura colombiana y latinoamericana, resaltando el profundo encuentro de las culturas Africana y Amerindia en el corazón de la cumbia.  

Edelmira Massa Zapata es una reconocida coreógrafa, profesora, y artista plástica. Ella es la directora general del palenque de Delia. Edelmira es hija de la celebrada etnógrafa, investigadora, coreógrafa, y folclorista Afro-colombiana Delia Zapata Olivella, y es sobrina del legendario escritor Afro-colombiano Manuel Zapata Olivella.

Rosita Lozano, fue por muchos años una bailarina prominente en los grupos de Totó La Momposina y de Delia Zapata Olivella. Hoy en día Rosita es gestora cultural y es la directora de la Fundación Rosa Agustina Medina Pérez.

Este Single contiene las entrevistas extendidas que tuvimos con Edelmira y con Rosita. Una versión resumida de la entrevista puedes encontrarla en el Track 7 de nuestra segunda temporada: Yo Me Llamo Cumbia.

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Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Productores: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

La distinguida palenquera Matilde Herrera Hernández, profesora de bailes folclóricos colombianos con más de 50 años de experiencia, estudiada etnoeducadora, directora y coreógrafa del Grupo de Danzas Kumbé, nos habla sobre Palenque, sobre su lenguaje, su cultura y su legado a la cultura colombiana.

San Basilio de Palenque es un pueblo en el departamento de Bolívar, al norte de Colombia, históricamente conocido por las siguientes razones. Primero, porque está entre los primeros pueblos en América fundados por personas negras anteriormente esclavizadas que escaparon de sus captores en América; a estos pueblos se les conoce como palenques o quilombos. Segundo, porque muy posiblemente es el primero y el único de esos pueblos que alcanzó reconocimiento oficial de su libertad por los colonizadores en América. Palenque obtuvo oficialmente su libertad en el siglo XVIII, casi 100 años antes de la independencia de Colombia. Tercero, porque San Basilio muy probablemente es el único de esos palenques y quilombos que permanece hasta nuestros días con su cultura, sus tradiciones, y su organización social bastante preservada.

Este Single contiene la entrevista extendida que tuvimos con Matilde Herrera Hernández. Una versión resumida de la entrevista puedes encontrarla en el Were You Listening? Track 19: Palenquero.

Para más información sobre nuestras fuentes échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web aquí y a nuestro canal de Youtube aquí.

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Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Productores: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

Data curioso: este es el último episodio en que nuestra presentadora Mel firma como "PhD candidate", ya que se gradúa este fin de semana. De ahora en adelante firmará como Melissa Villodas, PhD 👩🏾‍🏫👩🏾‍💻👸🏾

La canta-autora de bailes cantaos Nelda Piña, del grupo Nelda Piña y sus Tambores, nos comparte un poco de su biografía y de su conocimiento sobre las raíces del bullerengue y de la cumbia. Ella también nos habla sobre las contribuciones de la gente negra a estos ritmos y menciona la importancia de apoyar a la juventud en los lugares donde estos ritmos fueron creados. !Y además nos da un pequeño concierto donde canta un fragmento de la bella canción "Palenquero" de su último álbum "Eco de Mis Ancestros"!

Este Single contiene la entrevista completa con Nelda Piña. Una versión resumida de la entrevista puedes encontrarla en el Track 7 de nuestra segunda temporada: Yo Me Llamo Cumbia y en el Were You Listening? Track 19: Palenquero.

Singer and song-writer of bailes cantaos Nelda Piña, of group Nelda Piña y sus Tambores, shares with us her life journey and her knowledge about the roots of bullerengue and cumbia. She talks about the contributions of Black people to these rhythms and touches on the importance of supporting the youth in the places where these rhythms are created. And she sings for us a little bit of "Palenquero" a beautiful song in her latest album "Eco de Mis Ancestros."

This episode is in Spanish, so if you understand Spanish or are looking to improve your listening comprehension, you’re in the right place. You can always find a summarized version of this interview translated to English in Track 7 of our second season: My Name is Cumbia, or in Were You Listening? Track 19: Palenquero.

Para más información sobre nuestras fuentes échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web aquí y a nuestro canal de Youtube aquí.

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Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Productores: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

En esta canción Nelda Piña  rinde homenaje al pueblo de San Basilio de Palenque, su música, su influencia cultural, y sus profundas raíces negras. Aunque para ser precisos, Palenque tiene raíces negras, tronco negro, ramas negras, y hermosas flores negras. ¡El árbol completo es negro! 

En este episodio tenemos la fortuna de tener a Nelda Piña reflexionando sobre la canción que ella misma escribió, y a Matilde Herrera profesora de bailes folclóricos colombianos con más de 50 años de experiencia, estudiada etnoeducadora, directora y coreógrafa del Grupo de Danzas Kumbé, y una palenquera que ha representado la cultura de Palenque en muchos festivales alrededor del mundo y que ha recibido un gran número de premios por su trabajo cultural. 

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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Yo Me Llamo Cumbia, dedicado al ritmo y baile de cumbia, de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast. ¡Escúchenlo! ¡Tenemos un@s invitad@s increíbles!

¡Esperamos que este track contribuya a hacer más rica su relación con la música y que enriquezca su conciencia al bailar!

Para más información sobre nuestras fuentes échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web aquí y a nuestro canal de Youtube aquí.

Contáctanos en: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

In Palenquero (Palenque Man) singer and songwriter Nelda Piña pays homage to the town of San Basilio de Palenque, to its music, its cultural influence, and its deep Black roots . Although to be precise, Palenque has Black roots, Black trunk, Black branches and Black, beautiful flowers. The whole tree is black! 

Were we listening?   

In this episode we are fortunate to have Nelda Piña herself reflecting on the song she wrote and Matilde Herrera, instructor of Colombian folkloric dances with more than 50 years of experience, trained practitioner of ethnic education, director and choreographer of Kumbé Dance Company, and a Palenquera who has represented Palenque culture in many festivals around the globe and who has received numerous awards for her work. 

This episode accompanies the Yo Me Llamo Cumbia/My Name Is Cumbia episode of the second season of our podcast devoted to the cumbia rhythm and dance, check it out! We invited great experts! 

We hope this track helps to add value to your listening and awareness in your dancing!

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

En este episodio nos vamos para Colombia, la amada madre patria de nuestro host Andrés. ¡Este largo viaje a América del Sur lo hacemos para hablar sobre la cumbia! Este ritmo, hijo del caribe colombiano, se ha expandido a muchos países incluyendo Mexico, Argentina, y Perú. Su difusión ha sido tan amplia que los amantes de la cumbia a veces no están conscientes de su lugar de procedencia o de las culturas que lo crearon. 

En nuestro viaje a Colombia exploramos las raíces Negras y Amerindias de la cumbia, su baile y sus instrumentos originales, su relación con el ritmo de bullerengue, los procesos de blanqueamiento de la cumbia, y su expansión por fuera de Colombia. 

Para este track tenemos un grupo increíble de invitados: Nelda Piña  es una cantaora de  bullerengue y la voz del grupo folklórico Nelda Piña y Sus Tambores; Rosita Lozano fue bailarina en las compañías de Totó la Momposina y de Delia Zapata, y actualmente se desempeña como gestora cultural y directora de la Fundación Rosa Agustina Medina Pérez;  Edelmira Massa Zapata es una folclorista, coreógrafa, artista plástica, y directora de El Palenque de Delia; Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste es profesor en el departamento de Lenguas del Mundo en la universidad de Georgia State, y es autor del libro Cumbia! Escenas de un Género Musical Migrante Latinoamericano; Carmen Dence es una profesora retirada y la fundadora y coreógrafa de la compañía de danza folclórica Grupo Atlántico en St. Louis, Missouri; y  Santiago Andrés Rojas Lozano es un conocedor de la música tradicional del caribe colombiano y es el vice-presidente de la Fundación Rosa Agustina Medina Pérez.

Para más información sobre nuestras fuentes échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web aquí y a nuestro canal de Youtube aquí.

Contáctanos en: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Productores: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

In this episode we visit host Andrés' beloved motherland: Colombia! We travel all the way to South America to talk about Cumbia! This rhythm, child of the Colombian Caribbean, has expanded to many countries including Mexico, Argentina, and Perú. Its diffusion has been so widespread that cumbia enthusiasts are sometimes unaware of where the rhythm is from and which cultures created it.

In our journey to Colombia we explore the Black and Amerindian roots of cumbia, how it's danced and its original instruments, its relation with the bullerengue rhythm, and cumbia's whitening and expansion outside of Colombia. 

For this track we have a battery of great guests: Nelda Piña is a bullerengue cantaora (singer) and lead voice of folkloric ensemble Nelda Piña y Sus Tambores; Rosita Lozano is a former dancer of Totó la Momposina's and Delia Zapata's ensembles and is currently a cultural manager and the director of the Foundation Rosa Agustina Medina Pérez;  Edelmira Massa Zapata is a folklorist, choreographer, visual artist, and director of El Palenque de Delia; Héctor Fernández L'Hoeste is a Professor in the Department of World Languages in Georgia State University and author of the book Cumbia! Scenes of a Migrant Latin American Music Genre; Carmen Dence is a retired professor and the founder and choreographer of folkloric dance company Grupo Atlántico in St. Louis MO; and Santiago Andrés Rojas Lozano is a connoisseur of the traditional music of the Colombian Caribbean and vice-president of the Foundation Rosa Agustina Medina Pérez.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

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If you liked the music we used check our playlists here.

Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

En Rebelión, la canción más famosa de Joe Arroyo, el Joe nos lleva en un viaje desde la tristeza sin nombre de la esclavitud en general, al dolor específico de una pareja negra esclavizada, y en últimas a la rebelión  del hombre negro suscitada por el deseo de proteger a su pareja.

¿Estábamos escuchando? 

Con este episodio, el último de este año 2021, estamos celebrando que nuestra Mix(ed)tape Playlist de Canciones Afro-Latinas tiene ahora más de 1000 canciones!!!! Las canciones de esta playlist hablan de la negritud en América, del orgullo y la belleza, pero también de las dificultades y el racismo. ¿No les parece esto algo digno de celebración? Ayúdanos a celebrar escuchando la playlist, dejándonos un like en Spotify, y recomendando la playlist a aquellas personas que creas que puedan disfrutarla.

Para más información sobre nuestras fuentes échale un vistazo a nuestro sitio web aquí y a nuestro canal de Youtube aquí.

Contáctanos en: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

In Rebelión, Joe Arroyo's most famous song, El Joe take us from the nameless sorrow of slavery in general, to the specific pain and ultimate rebellion of a black, enslaved man sparked by the desire to protect his partner.

Were we listening?

With this last episode of 2021 we are celebrating that our Mix(ed)tape Playlist of Afro-Latin songs has now more than 1000 songs!!! The songs in this playlist talk about blackness in the Americas, both the beauty and the pride, but also the perils and the racism. Ain't that something special? Help us celebrate and spread the word by checking out the playlist, giving it a like, and recommending it to those who you think might like it.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

En África Terra Querida (África Tierra Querida), el cantante y compositor Paulo Flores @paulofloresmusic demuestra su lírica poética con una cándida y melancólica descripción de varias situaciones que ejemplifican la vida en el continente africano y en Angola en particular, que van desde la relación con los mayores, a las interacciones entre vecinos, a el extremadamente popular juego de fútbol, el deporte de las masas.

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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Dança Kizomba, dedicado al rite y baile de kizomba, de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast.  Chequen ese episodio porque está buenísimo! En este episodio tenemos el honor de tener a Rui Djassi Moracén como co-presentador para que arregle la traducción del portugués de Andrés y para que contextualice la canción. Rui es un administrador de proyectos en la industria del gas y petróleo, y es también el fundador de la University de la Kizomba, una iniciativa educacional sin ánimo de lucro cuyo objetivo es promover Angola en general, preservando su cultura y la esencia de sus bailes. 

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Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

In África Terra Querida (Africa Beloved Motherland) singer and songwriter Paulo Flores  displays his poetic lyricism with a candid, melancholic description of various situations that depict life in the African continent and in Angola in particular, ranging from the relationship with elders, to interactions between neighbors, to the extremely popular game of soccer, the sport of the masses.

Were we listening?

This episode accompanies the “Dança Kizomba” episode of the second season of our podcast  devoted to the kizomba rhythm and dance, check that one out because it is fire! In this episode we are fortunate to have Rui Djassi Moracén as a co-host to fix Andrés’ broken Portuguese translation and to contextualize the song. Rui is an Angolan project manager, and the founder of the University of Kizomba, a non-profit educational initiative that aims to promote Angola at large, preserving its culture and the essence of its dances.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Our season so far has consisted of Afro-Latin rhythms. This month we are taking a trip across the ocean, away from the Americas all the way to Africa, because the rhythm we are talking about today is… Kizomba!!! 

We travel to Angola  to talk about the history of Kizomba and the socio-political and cultural context in which it developed. We talk about Kizomba’s musical influences and about how the dance came to be, and we discuss its international reach.

Our guests are Rui Djassi Moracén, an Angolan project manager, and the founder of the “University of Kizomba”, a non-profit educational initiative that aims to promote Angola at large, preserving its culture and the essence of its dances; and Kimberly Nicole , a marketing and communication professional who is also the owner of Kizomba RDU in the Triangle area in North Carolina, where she teaches kizomba and semba.

As part of this episode we also created the Spotify playlist 🎧 “Kizomba Black Pride” which consists of Kizomba songs celebrating blackness. You can find in it here.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you liked the music we used check our playlists here.

Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

El Negrito del Batey composición de Hector J. Díaz y Medardo Guzmán, en la voz de Alberto Beltrán con La Sonora Matancera, es un clásico del merengue que mucha gente en América Latina identifica fácilmente. La canción nos ofrece una combinación intoxicante de ritmo y letra que inicialmente da la impresión de caer en la trampa de estereotipar a la gente negra solamente para luego arrojar el estereotipo por la ventana. Es por eso que la canción es perfecta para nuestra serie Were You Listening por su mensaje sutil y no tan sutil.

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Este episodio de la serie acompaña al episodio Yo Soy Merengue de la segunda temporada de nuestro podcast. En este episodio tenemos dos invitados afro-dominicanos:  Edwin Ferreras quien es un educador de baile y música, compositor, arreglista, productor, y uno de los fundadores de Areíto Arts; y Socrates Garcia quien es un profesor de la universidad de Northern Colorado, productor, ingeniero de mezclas y grabación, arreglista, compositor, y líder de grupos musicales. Y también escuchamos en el episodio a la mamá de nuestro host Andrés Hincapié!

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Contáctanos en: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

Si te gustó la música que utilizamos, encuéntrala en nuestros playlists aquí.

Host/Director de la serie: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Productora: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Creadora de contenido gráfico: Susan Mykalcio

El Negrito del Batey (The Black Man from the Batey) composed by Hector J. Díaz and Medardo Guzmán, in the voice of Alberto Beltrán with La Sonora Matancera, is a signature merengue song that many people in Latin America easily recognize. The song presents us with an intoxicating combination of rhythm and lyrics, which appear to walk right into the trap of stereotyping black people only to later throw the stereotype out of the window. It is hence perfect for our Were You Listening series for its subtle and not so subtle message. 

Were we listening?

This episode accompanies the Yo Soy Merengue episode of the second season of our podcast. In this episode we hear from two Afro-Dominican guests: music and dance educator, composer, arranger, producer, and co-founder of Areíto Arts, Edwin Ferreras,  and University of Northern Colorado Professor, music producer, recording and mixing engineer, arranger, composer, and bandleader Socrates Garcia. And we also hear from host Andrés Hincapié’s mom Margarita Noreña!

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you like the music we use check our playlists here.

Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

This episode is named after the song Yo Soy El Merengue in honor of the late Johnny Ventura who died July 2021. But, who is the merengue? What is it? How is it danced? What is the Black contribution to this contagious rhythm, staple of house parties not only in its birthplace the Dominican Republic, but also in other Latin American countries such as Puerto Rico and Colombia.

In this episode we talk about the origins and history of merengue, its role as the national rhythm of the Dominican Republic under dictator Rafael Trujillo, and its diffusion all over the Latin American and Latino markets in the U.S. including its mixtures with Hip Hop. Of course, since we're dancers, we also explore how the Black roots of merengue informed how the rhythm is danced.

Our guests are Dominican music and dance educator, composer, arranger and producer Edwin Manuel Ferreras Madrigal, Dominican music professor, arranger, recording engineer, composer and band leader Socrates Garcia, and doctoral student in ethnomusicology, teacher and musician John Bimbiras.

For more info and resources check our website  here and our YouTube channel here.

Contact us at: themixedtapepodcast@gmail.com

If you liked the music we used check our playlists here.

Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

In this single we celebrate the first anniversary of our podcast and reflect on the knowledge that all of our incredible guests have generously shared with us. We talk about our mission to advance anti-racism in the Afro-Latin dance community and we also reflect on our work in season one, Were You Listening?, our singles and our ongoing second season.

Kick back and listen at the coziest most relaxing plant corner in your home (you’ll know what we mean when you watch on Ig, Facebook or YouTube 😉)

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Caribe Soy (I'm Caribbean) by Ramón Torres is a great fit to accompany our Señora Bachata Mix(ed)tape Podcast episode because, among the many bachata songs expressing some version of national pride, Caribe Soy is one of the only ones that uses the formula of national or regional pride while also explicitly recognizing the African roots of the region and the inequalities across racial lines. 

In spite of the fact that Ramón Torres was not able to acquire many years of education given his poor upbringing, he is one of the few bachateros who go beyond lyrics of love and heartbreak introducing in his lyrics reflections addressing social issues. Caribe Soy is a prime example of this approach because it does not blindly buy into the miscegenation myth. Instead, the song recognizes the hardship of the African and native peoples, breaking the romanticized notion of an ideal, somehow superior mix.

Were we listening?

In this episode we hear from host Andrés Hincapié and from two Afro-Dominican guests: dancer and instructor Noeli Nathalie Rubio Reynoso and Spanish interpreter and local bachatero Antonio “Chaggy” Feliz Gómez.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We all know that in dance socials in the U.S. and in other parts of the world, if you’ve danced three or four salsa songs, La Señora Bachata is coming your way! In this episode we embark on a difficult voyage to explore the black roots of bachata. The fascinating development of this popular rhythm reveals conflicts of racial identity that exist in the Dominican Republic and in Latin America at large.

In our visit to La Señora Bachata we talk about the development of the rhythm and its musical influences as well as the political and social events that marked its evolution. We also talk about bachata dance and about the role of sensual bachata on the diffusion of traditional Dominican bachata. We close the episode with reflexions from local bachateros regarding the lack of explicit race-driven discussions on the contributions of black people to the rhythm of bachata.

Our guests are doctoral student, singer, writer, performance artist and musicologist Wilfredo José Burgos Matos, Dominican dancer and instructor Noeli Nathalie Rubio Reynoso, and bachateros from our local social dance scene Jordan Alayna, Courtney Cooper-Lewter, Antonio “Chaggy” Feliz, Angel García, and Kemar Ebanks.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

In Las Caras Lindas De Mi Gente Negra (The Beautiful Faces Of My Black People) Ismael Rivera interprets Tite Curet Alonso's ode of love to black people, masterfully injecting his brilliant soneo.  The main two ingredients in Tite Curet’s ode are the obvious, intrinsic joy and beauty of black people, and the sorrow that has accompanied blackness in the Americas. If you have listened to our previous WYL episodes you probably recognize a similar sorrow in songs like Raza or Canto das Três Raças.

"We are the molasses that laughs, the molasses that cries" writes Tite Curet Alonso. Molasses was a commodity traded for (and most likely produced by) enslaved Africans in the Americas during the Transatlantic Enslaved Trade. This is exactly why, when Maelo Rivera sings of molasses as the materialization of Blackness in the Americas, the duality of joy and sorrow is accentuated. We are, quite literally, the molasses that laughs and cries.

Were we listening?

In this episode we hear from host Andrés Hincapié and from guests and listeners Brandon Hampton (from Ritmos Negros Podcast), Lauren Wilmore, and Tyler Cobb. 

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We explore our favorite Afro-Latin rhythm (or more precisely, blend of rhythms): Salsa! Our exploration includes a historical contextualization of the development of salsa, highlighting the role of Afro-Cubans and Afro-Latin@s broadly as well as the rhythmical richness inherited from Africa. We also provide a description of the introduction and diffusion of salsa in the United States and discuss the need to recenter blackness and the role that dancers in the Afro-Latin dance scene play in the preservation of the roots of this beloved blend we call salsa.

Our guests are Afro-Cuban folklore expert, dancer, choreographer, and PhD candidate Neri Torres, retired 1st dancer from Conjunto Folklórico Nacional (Cuba) and chair of the Department of Folkloric Dance at Instituto Superior de Arte (Cuba)  Alfredo O'Farrill Pacheco, and  choreographers, dancers and business owners Norberto "Betto" Herrera, Fuquan Ferrell and Candace Joyner.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

In Ojos Chinos El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico reveals a blind spot with respect to people of Asian descent. The song is a confusing act that oscillates between appreciation and mockery of Asian and Asian-Hispanic people. Although we love El Gran Combo here at The Mix(ed)tape Podcast, would this love we have for El Gran Combo be true if we weren’t willing to point at the blind spots as well? Probably not. So here we are, using this song to grow together.

Why is it a confusing act? Well, on the one hand, the song professes abounding, overflowing love for a Chinese muse (the chinita). On the other, it creates a racialized stereotype of Asian people by coupling exaggerated fake Chinese accents in Spanish, with references to Asian food items, and with poor emulations of Chinese sounds. The original cover of the album where the song first appeared tilts the scale further on the side of mockery by relying on blatant yellow face.  

Were we listening?

The construction of this episode was a collaboration between our Host/Producer Andrés Hincapié and our Graphic Content Creator Susan Mykalcio, who is a woman of Asian descent.

Check out our playlist Arroz con Salsa!

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Due to the rise in anti-Asian hate and the shooting in Atlanta last month we decided to follow on our antiracist principles and delay our next rhythms episode to devote the month of April to explore Asian and Asian American experiences through the lens of dancers from the Afro-Latin dance community.

Susan Mykalcio, our graphics content creator and the host for this episode, met with social dancers, Leslie Cao and Ron Nguyen, and professional dancers, Peiwei Li Cobo, and Tina Cavicchio. They talked about instances of racism, their feelings around Identity, and connecting to and honoring Afro-Latin culture being of Asian background.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

In Elogio a Nieves Fresneda, El Goyo Hernández constructs a eulogy to Nieves Fresneda, an icon of Afro-Cuban folklore, based on the myriad of instruments and rhythms that exist in Afro-Cuban folklore.

In the construction of this episode we received help from our previous guest the great Marisol Blanco and from her main instructor, Alfredo O’Farrill Pacheco, who she helped us contact. Alfredo O’Farrill Pacheco is a renowned Afro-Cuban dancer and teacher. He is the 1st dancer of the distinguished Conjunto Folklórico Nacional de Cuba and is currently the head of the Department of Folkloric Dance in the prestigious Instituto Superior de Artes in Havana. Alfredo’s teachers include both Nieves Fresneda and El Goyo Hernández.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Marisol Blanco met with host Andrés Hincapié for the most recent episode of our second season, which was devoted to Afro Cuban rhythms. The conversation with Marisol was so rich, we knew we had to find a way to let ya’ll listen to the whole thing in Marisol’s own voice. So we made it into a Single.

This episode is in Spanish, so if you understand Spanish or are looking to improve your listening comprehension, you’re in the right place. You can always find the edited and English translated version of this interview in Track 2, Afro Cuba.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We explore Afro-Cuban rhythms: from basic historical events that played an important role in their development and popularity, to the connection between the dances and the religious practices they often derive from, to the ways in which dancers are encouraged to approach this folkloric gems centering blackness and the contributions of Afro-Cubans. Our guests are Afro-Cuban folklore expert, choreographer and dancer Marisol Blanco, and choreographers and practitioner Serena Spears.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

In Canto das Três Raças, Clara Nunes, with her deep ties to popular Brazilian music, becomes the perfect interpreter for a song that unveils the sorrow hidden in plain sight in the sounds of Brazil.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We are exited to launch our second season. We’ll be talking about Afro-Latin and African rhythms that we grew up listening to and encounter in our social dancing sphere. If you loved the “Were You Listening?” series, fear nothing, we’ll be accompanying a WYL episode for each rhythm we explore.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

In the words of our guest Pablo Guerreiro, samba is a connection between heaven, earth and humans, it’s a movement, it’s what transforms, what makes everything.  We explore historical events that played an important role in the development of samba, consolidating it as a symbol of Brazilian identity. We also talk to samba dancers Charis Railey and Adriana Blanco about their experience with this Afro-Brazilian rhythm.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

In Herencia Africana Yuri Buenaventura reveals a strong connection with and awareness of the African roots of the culture of the Pacific coast of Colombia, where he was born and grew up. Yuri was requested by our listener Carmen Dence in St. Louis, MO, who is the director of folkloric dance company Grupo Atlántico, where host Andrés used to dance.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Ismael (Maelo) Rivera often sung about blackness and racism. In this song, through his captivating storytelling style of soneo, Maelo tells a story as old as time – anti-blackness and the hate crimes associated with it.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Even though ChocQuibTown is a hip-hop band in “Salsa & Choke” they experiment with a different, more recent rhythm called “salsa choke’’ which was molded in the Pacific coast of Colombia, a majority black region, by mixing elements from all over the continent.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

This track's song is "La Quiero Negra" by Joe Arroyo. This hidden gem doesn't focus on the  black woman's body. Instead, it presents the black woman as a human being, victim of discrimination, but most importantly, her own beacon of virtue and wisdom.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

This track's song is "Bembelequa" by Celia Cruz. It’s easy to be so captivated by Celia’s unique voice, tongue twisting phrases, and the rhythms of the band, that we forget to stop and listen to the story she seeks to tell. Who is Bembelequa?

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We explore meanings, connotations and uses of "negrita" and the implications of such uses. Our guests Andrea Bolivar, Briana Harrison and William Garcia-Medina help us navigate the topic.

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Host/Producers: Andrés Hincapié, PhD; Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

This track's song is "Esto te pone la cabeza mala" by Juan Formell y los Van Van. If you have danced to Los Van Van music and thought “they really get me” with the fusion and homage to African influence, it's because they really do get you. It's their deliberate approach.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

This track's song is "Mi negrita me espera" interpreted by Ismael "Maelo" Rivera. Normal details of life are made song  through the lens of a black couple. The song highlights a simple but powerful fact: normalcy also belongs to black people. 

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

This track's song is "Buenaventura y caney" interpreted by Grupo Niche, an ode of love to Buenaventura, a majority black Colombian town that has suffered great inequality and injustice for decades.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We translate and comment the song "Bemba colorá" interpreted by la reina de la salsa, Celia Cruz. This is a classic example of festive salsa music hiding deeper meaning in plain sight.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We start our "Were you listening?" series with the song "Raza" by Alexander Abreu and Havana D'Primera feat. Osain del Monte

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We introduce our new series "Were you listening?" We'll be translating and annotating songs from our Mix(ed)tape playlist. These songs have been talking about the beauty and perils of being Black in the Americas for a long time. Were we listening???

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

Together with three guests from the dance community we dive into the nuances of colorism within various ethnic identities. We also talk about actionable steps to make our dance space more welcoming.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We discuss the main insights regarding racism and the dance community from our conversations with social and professional dancers in the Afro-Latin dance scene.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio

We talk about coping and empathy when consuming distressing news about police brutality and racism. We also talk about the late Chadwick Boseman and his impact on the culture. We introduce the concept of "Singles."

“Singles” will be episodes that might appear out of sequence from what we had originally planned to deliver. They might be centered on a pressing issue or related to a particular topic of interest.

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Host/Director of Series: Andrés Hincapié, PhD
Producer: Melissa Villodas, PhD Candidate
Graphic Content Creator: Susan Mykalcio