Here on Beat Latino the time seems better than ever to share a set of freedom songs – it’s an important topic for our culture, as we have wrestled with degrees of freedom for so much of our history. What does it mean to be free? How does it feel? How have we struggled for freedom? And what does freedom mean in our life and loves?

The answers resound in our music – from ballads to salsas and more, from Chile to Ecuador to Mexico, let the freedom songs ring!

 

Musical Works

Title

Artist

Album

Label

Year

Length

Para la libertad

Aceituna sin hueso

Serrat Encanta: Cuba Le Canta a Serrat Vol. 1.

DiscMedi S.A.

142

03:21

Mi nombre es libertad

Music by Senora

Mi nombre es libertad.

MUSICBYSENORA

2012

04:25

Libertá

Novalima

Coba coba.

Cumbancha

2009

03:41

Libertad

Yasmin Levy

Rough Guide to Flamenco.

World Music Network

2013

04:05

Libre

Gepe

GP.

Quemasucabeza

2012

03:29

Libertad

Pacifika

Asunción.

Asunción

2008

04:36

Libre

Telmary

A Diario.

Bis Music

62

04:07

Yo te quiero libre

Silvio Rodriguez

 

Tríptico.

Ojalá

1984

03:21

Libertad, libertad, libertad

Manuel Jiménez

Libertad, libertad, libertad.

–

0

04:13

La Cueca de la libertad

Grupo Jatari

Ecuador: El Grito de Libertad (The Cry of Freedom).

Paredon Records

1976

03:46

De libertad y amor

Illapu

De libertad y amor.

Fonarte Latino

2013

03:30

Canto libre

Francesca Ancarola

Lonquén- Tributo a Victor Jara.

–

0

06:24

Para la libertad

Joaquín Sabina y Joan Manuel Serrat

Dos pájaros de un tiro.

Ariola

2007

02:34

Para siempre libertad

Lascivio Bohemia

Regional presenta Temporal volumen.

Regional Label

0

04:39

C’mon for ride back to the future here on Beat Latino!

This week, we take a listen to artists that take a page from the past to explore the present of Latino music. From the Orkesta Mendoza in Tucson, Arizona; the lovely re-interpreted ballads from the late 20th Century Latin America from Brooklyn’s Ani Cordero, radio hits from the early 20th Century from California’s Cascada de Flores, and much, much more! All the while revisiting the past, these artists are creating #futurerootsmusic. Enjoy!

Musical Works

Title

Artist

Album

Label

Year

Length

Yeah yeah yeah

Los Straitjackets

Jet Set.

Yep Roc Records

2012

02:24

Mambo Dukesa

Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta

Mambo mexicano.

Cosmica Records

2012

03:22

42

Spanglish Fly

New York Boogaloo .

Chaco World Music

2018

03:20

Cissy Strut

Peru Bravo

Peru Bravo: Funk, Soul & Psych from Peru’s Radical Decade.

Tiger’s Milk Records

2014

02:21

La Cumbancha

Leticia Rodríguez Garza

La Americana .

Chicken N Beans

2012

03:25

Bailando con Juaneco

Juaneco y su combo

The birth of Jungle Cumbia.

The Vital Record

2013

03:06

Mambo in the Dark

Sergio Mendoza y la Orkesta

Mambo mexicano.

Cosmica Records

2012

01:57

La última noche

Ani Cordero

Recordar.

Ani Cordero

2014

02:43

La gloria eres tú

Cascada de flores

Radio Flor.

Ita Music

2014

05:07

Quizás, Quizás, Quizás

Gaby Moreno

Postales.

Metamorfosis Enterprises Inc.

2012

03:49

Milonga Sentimental

Leticia Rodríguez Garza

La Americana .

Chicken N Beans

2012

04:17

Choferito

Ani Cordero

Recordar.

Ani Cordero

2014

03:20

María Cristina

Cascada de flores

Radio Flor.

Ita Music

2014

05:37

Blues de Mar

Gaby Moreno

Postales.

Metamorfosis Enterprises Inc.

2012

04:22

El Jinete

Quique Escamilla

500 years of night.

Lulaworld Records

2014

06:30

It’s a Beat Latino for every kind of day! From sunny ballads to tunes for cloudy days, music is always there to celebrate the good times and smooth out our rough moments—it’s music come rain or come shine in Beat Latino’s world! This week’s selection is sunny, lilting bachata from Dominican Republic’s Vicente Garcia to ancestral and atmospheric electronica from Ecuador’s Mateo Kingman, Beat Latino has your every mood covered. Enjoy!

Vicente Garcia, courtesy of the artist. Photo by Ebru Yildiz

Playlist

TitleArtistAlbumLabelYearLengthPintar el sol (Chancha via Circuito Remix)Miriam García, Alicia SolansRio Arriba.ZZK Records201003:32Mi sombreritoPixvaeCali.Buda musique201903:50Say SunY la BambaOjos del Sol.Tender Loving Empire2016:55El salto del limónAlex FerreiraCinema Tropical.No Shame2201503:59Have you ever seen the rain?Juan GabrielQuiero Creedence.Concord Picante201602:44Palm BeachVicente GarcíaCandela.Sony Music Entertainment201903:05LluviaMala RodriguezBruja.Machete Music201903:22Lluvia feat. Nicola Cruz and Mohanad ZohairKlik & FrikTelepat.Telepat201704:10Danza de la lluviaSanti MostaffaPensamiento & movimiento.Pensamiento & movimiento201503:14LluviaMateo KingmanRespira.AYA Records201604:02Lluvia con solOrquesta El MacabeoCante y abra bien sus alas.Discos De Hoy201305:23País NubladoHelado NegroThis is how you smile.RVNG INTL.201904:32Luna y SolManu ChaoClandestino.Radio Bemba199803:07Sol y LunaLemanjoMedicina.Black Swan201504:24La luz feat. HuairaBarrio LindoBarrio Lindo.Shika Shika Collevt2ive1904:35

It’s going to be a marvelous 3 days in Chicago when Ruido Fest returns for its five annual indie Latinx extravaganza. The headliners are classic rock en español-ers, the closing act is the incomparable Los Tigres del Norte, but the earlier hours offer a marvelous sampler of experimental, electronic, vanguardia, punk and more! Even if you can’t join us in Beat Latino’s Chicago home, this musical paseo will share a taste of the extraordinary riches of Ruido Fest 2019. Enjoy!

Feature photo: Tomasa del Real, Courtesy of Nacional Records

TitleArtistAlbumLabelYearLengthI like to live en mi tierraEl Gran SilencioChúntaros Radio Poder.EMI México200503:15Sí o noTomasa del RealSí o no.Nacional Records201804:00Mi camaFrench PoliceFrench Police.623422 Records DK2201903:51RetrocederDiamante EléctricoDiamante Eléctrico.Mercado Negro201302:24Fania Medley: Las Caras Lindas / El Dia de SuerteMariachi Flor de ToloacheFania Medley: Las Caras Lindas / El Dia de Suerte.Fania201704:11País NubladoHelado NegroThis is how you smile.RVNG INTL.201904:32CeremonyEla MinusCeremony.Yebo Music201703:25PersistentTatiana HazelPersistent.Tatiana Hazel201903:13Otra vezVanessa ZamoraHasta la Fantasía.Vanessa Zamora201503:57La ChibichangaLos VinagresLa Chibichanga.Los Vinagres201802:16CuídameSilvina MorenoSofá.Ariola17204:24ConsentimientoMamita PeyoteMamita Peyote.Independiente201504:31BilingualJarina de MarcoBilingual.Jarina de Marco201803:24El otro MéxicoLos Tigres del NorteEl otro México.Fonovisa201602:44Bailar ContigoMonsieur PerineEncanto Tropical.Sony Music Entertainment18203:39

What a month of May for new music! There’s a Lou Reed-Ruben Blades-Making Movies tune (yes, really! Panamá, presente!) immigration allegory, edgy nuevo bolero-ballads from Puerto Rico’s Ile, smooth, smart bachata from Dominican Republic’s Vicente Garcia, Andean folk-electronica from Barda and Celeste Gomez Machado—something for everyone! Because nuestra música is as magical, varied wondrous as the multiple legacies, movements, roots and histories that have nurtured it through the centuries, exploding onto the 21st Century. Enjoy!

TitleArtistAlbumLabelYearLengthClandestinoLila DownsAl Chile.Columbia201903:43The WallChe ApalacheRearrange my heart.Joe Troop Music201901:58Rosa MorenaBeats y BateríaBeats y Batería.Beats y Batería201906:13AhomaleCombo ChimbitaAhomale.Anti/Epitaph201903:41MitoteCochemeaAll my relations.Daptone Records201903:33DelilahMaking Movies & Rubén BaldesDelilah.Making Movies201904:10Me quedo o me voyXenia RubinosShould I stau or should I go.Anti/Epitaph201903:19De LunaiLeAlmadura.Sony Music Latin201904:22Las hojas tienen mudanzaBarda feat. Celeste Gomez MachadoEl Camino de Leda.Fértil Discos201904:40El MitoFrikstailers feat. AterciopeladosExtrasolar.Nacional Records201903:33Ahí ahíVicente GarcíaCandela.Sony Music Entertainment201903:31Path of TotalityTijuana PanthersCarpet Denim.Innovative Leisure201903:04SuavecitoRadio free HondurasSuavecito .Abu Banana Records2019201905:00I’ll be aroundThe AltonsThe Altons.Counter Culture Records/Cosmica Records201904:40

Featured photo: IlE

Is there any sunnier music than the mambo? From it’s origins in the 1940’s to it’s latest versions, the mambo has had us moving happily for decades! Take a dancing stroll through memory lane with classics from Perez Prado and Celia Cruz to New Orleans takes on the venerable mambo to Tucson, Arizona’s Orkesta Mendoza fabulous Mexican Mambo to NYC and Cuba’s Orquesta Akokan’s recent refreshment of the mambo, all on this week’s Beat Latino!

TitleArtistAlbumLabelYearLengthPacific Mambo Dance no. 2Pacific Mambo OrchestraLive from Stern Grove San Francisco.Pacific Mambo Records201703:28Que rico MamboOrquesta Perez PradoPérez Prado y Su Orquesta.Meta/ Vocación Musical201303:14Mambo calienteBebo Valdes24 chansons de Bebo Valdes.Brisa Records21402:42Mambo RemedioK-meleonTango de Paname.Ca Kmeleon200903:52Mambo influenciadoSandy GabrielJazzeando.Jazzeando201106:11Mi Mambo pide campanaLuisito Orbegoso & Moda eternaLula Lounge Essential tracks V1.Lula Lounge Records201204:31Mambo RapiditoOrquesta AkokánOrquestra Akokán.Daptone Records201803:19MamboTropkillazMambo.Elemess201502:58Mambo LupitaOrkesta MendozaMambo Mexicano.–200904:15MamboCachao y su ComboMambo.José Luis Álvarez – Svetlana Novojilova Shulguina201005:02Mardi Gras MamboThe MetersModern Art of Music: Only the Best.Modern Art of Music: Only the Best201202:41El CumbancheroAngel Melendez The 911 Mambo OrchestraAngel Melendez The 911 Mambo Orchestra.Latin Street Music Inc200403:45Mambo con PuenteTito PuenteThe Mambo King.Goldstar Records201703:02Mambo del amorCelia CruzCelia Cruz.Goldstar Records16202:56Que no se acabe el mamboJosé Peña Suazo y la Banda GordaPuro Mambo.Musical Productions201403:44

feature photo: Orquesta Akokan at National Sawdust, by Alex Cascone

This week’s Beat Latino celebrates the beauty of dawns and daybreaks in song. Such special times of the 24 hours it takes us to go around the sun! Sit back, take a sip of your favorite beverage, and revel in the glow of your days with this selection! Enjoy!

Featured photo: Bomba Estéreo, Courtesy of the Artist

TitleArtistAlbumLabelYearLengthEmpieza a amanecer feat. Niña DiozCeci BastidaVeo la marea.Ceci Bastida201003:27AmanecerBomba EstéreoAmanecer.Sony Music Latin201504:09AmanecerMundalah EpifaniaEl otro yo volviendo a casa.Callinspiral Casa Semilla Records201401:26Quiero amanecer contigoLuis Miguel del AmargueQuiero amanecer contigo.Musica Latina Records201604:23AmanecerCharles KingAmanecer.Charles King201504:38Amanecer BorincanoTito AugerMúsica en tiempos.Tito Auger002:36Amanecí otra vezClaudia SierraClaudia Sierra.Claudia Sierra201404:02AmaneceresAlejandro FranovRío.NATURE BLISS15202:06Amanecer en el lagoCiro HurtadoAyahuasca Dreams.Ayahuasca Dreams Inti Productions Recordings201405:06Cueca del AmanecerInti MujusDanza del Sikuri.Khuyay producciones201603:10AmaneciendoLos DinámicosEntre la Cumbia y el Merengue.Manzana199104:09AmaneciendoMi Sonora40 Cumbias Dinamita de mi Sonora.Mock and Roll200902:51Nariva al amanecerRitmos UnidosRitmos Unidos.Patois Records201402:11AmanecerJessica Warren AcostaAcentos.Deaf Dog Music, Chicago, IL200804:40Amaneceres ( The Daybreak)Grupo RaizGrupo Raíz-Amaneceres.Monitor Records198103:21AmanecerRuben BladesDe Panama a Nueva York.Fania197002:52

This week’s Beat Latino is a tribute to the city of Paris, mythic city of unparalleled beauty in architecture and spirit, and a symbol for all of romance, freedom and pure joie de vivre.

The week’s selection includes songs about loving Paris in different seasons, French salsa and music from Latin musicians who have found a home in Paris.

May the city of light and its architectural treasures continue to shine in wonder for us all.

​Photo: Catalina Maria Johnson​

Title

Artist

Album

Label

Year

Length

Paris me llama

Victroria Santa Cruz

Ritmos & Aires Afroperuanos.

MGP

2003

03:06

Siempre Paris

Diego El Cigala

Romance de la luna Tucumana.

Universal Music Latino

2013

02:07

Africa Havana Paris

Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca

Mambo Yo Yo.

Putumayo World Music

1998

04:53

La Cumbia del Parisino

Cumbia All Stars

Tigres En Fuga.

world village

2014

04:01

Paris – Marselha

Branko feat. Cachupa Psicadelica

Atlas.

Enchufada

2015

04:37

L’apero

Fatal Mambo.

Fatal Mambo.

Tinder

1997

04:08

La Verdolaga

P18

La Verdolaga.

tabata tour

2010

04:01

Rezos

Anga Diaz

Echu Mingua.

World Circuit

2006

04:10

Me voy

Ibeyi

Ash.

XL Recordings

2017

03:07

Agua E’nieve (Original long Mix)

Radiokijada

Agua E’nieve.

Wrasse Records

2009

05:16

Cuba

Dame Blanche

Dame Blanche.

CD Baby

2016

03:58

April En Paris

Luis Mangual

Abril En Paris.

Lujoso Record Corp.

2008

05:52

Abril en París

Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan

Mariachi, Vol. 11: Internacional.

Producciones Fonograficas Jasper

2015

02:47

It’s time for Beat Latino’s roundup of the latest and greatest! From simmering flamenco-pop-trap star Rosalía to French prog rock infused Pacifico Colombiano Pixvae to a delightful collaboration between musicians from Cabo Verde, Portugal and Brazil, there’s something for everyone to love and discover in the wildly ecletic world of our Beats, all Latino!

featured photo: Taina Asili courtesy of the artist. By Mike Morgan Photography

TitleArtistAlbumLabelYearLengthGlowLabaqLux.Labaq201903:35Barefoot in the parkJames Blake & RosalíaAssume Form.Polydor Records201903:31Oleaje de ligera intensidadTheremyn_4Lost Moments.Hypersfera201805:12D’OrixáColaderaLa Do?tu Lado.Agogo Records201903:31Mi SombreritoPixvaeCali.Buda musique201903:50ResistFéminaPerlas y Conchas.Fémina201904:27La PastoraJhon MontoyaOtun.ZZK Records201904:30FriendsOmar ApolloFriends.Omar Apollo21903:07AfrotipFrikstailersExtrasolar.Nacional Records201904:35MiedoNatalia ClavierSidRum Remix EP.Nacional Records201906:01La AlegríaTaina AsiliResiliencia.Taina Asili201903:15La eternidad que se perdióIdan Raichet & Danay SuarezAnd If You Will Come To Me.Cumbancha201904:31EmpujaEljuriResiste.Manovill Records201903:12

This month’s Beat Latino celebrates the poetry in hip hop! Just in time for Poetry Month–April–this month’s Beat Latino shares poet/hip hop artists rhymes from Cuba to Chile to Spain to Puerto Rico and beyond. The selection is wonderful set of tunes that seamlessly unite word, melody, rhythm and rhyme — enjoy!

TitleArtistAlbumLabelYearLengthAlien CardEphnikoEl Blues del Inmigrante.1193441 Records DK201902:31DEFINEOlmecaDEFINE.Olmeca201904:50PreludioInterminableRebirth Renacer.762575 Records DK2018:45Me voyIbeyiAsh.XL Recordings201703:07ShockAna TijouxLa Bala.Nacional Records201203:30Tlahuiliz LightXiuhtezcatl MartinezBreak free.Xiuhtezcatl Martinez201802:24La sombraResidente feat. BombinoResidente.Sony Music Latin201704:05Yo aprendíDanay SuárezPolvo de la humedad.Brownswood Recordings201103:13Linaje OriginariosHijos IndígenasHijos Indígenas.Hijos Indígenas201703:34Diciembre del 95Mabiland1995.Alaz Home records201803:34Yo soy Ayotzinapa RapEmanuel Ortega NavaEmanuel Ortega Nava.–201702:58Y va a caerRebel DiazY va a caer.Rebel Diaz201804:16Lengua UniversalKinto SolLengua Universal.Virus Enterprises Llc201804:37Los VerbosLosPetitFellasLos Verbos.Independiente201805:32LevitatingXenia Rubinos, Sammus, Olga BellLevitating.Xenia Rubinos, Sammus & Olga Bell201703:27

Feature photo: Mabiland by Catalina Maria Johnson