1 min listen
Bonus Track — Songs for the Future of Puerto Rico
FromLa Brega
ratings:
Length:
31 minutes
Released:
Apr 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Una notita: This episode is in Spanglish.
This season, we explored songs that tell the complicated, beautiful story of Puerto Rico. We wanted to bring that exploration into the present moment, so we called up some of the most innovative Puerto Rican artists making music today and we gave them a challenge: what would you do with these classic anthems?
In this special bonus episode of the show, we go behind the music with the artists featured on La Brega: El Álbum — including RaiNao, Xenia Rubinos, ÌFÉ and Ana Macho.
Plus, in an interview recorded live at On Air Fest, host Alana Casanova-Burgess speaks with Angélica Negrón and José Olivares of the band Balún, who composed music for La Brega and recorded a cover for the album. The band members talk about how they incorporated a broad palette of sounds and instruments into their score. “Balún es estar en la brega todo el tiempo,” Angélica explains. “Tener una banda entre diferentes lugares entre Puerto Rico entre San Juan … It's about that kind of layered complexity of ‘ni de aquí ni de allá,’ pero de aquí, siempre, también.” They also unpack their cover of Sylvia Rexach’s “Olas y Arenas,” featured on the album.
Listen to the album here!
Learn more about the voices featured on the album:
• Ana Macho
• Balún
• ÌFÉ
• La Tribu de Abrante
• Mireya Ramos
• RaiNao
• Velcro
• Xenia Rubinos
La Brega: El Álbum is sponsored by Marguerite Casey Foundation.
This season of La Brega is made possible by the Mellon Foundation.
This season, we explored songs that tell the complicated, beautiful story of Puerto Rico. We wanted to bring that exploration into the present moment, so we called up some of the most innovative Puerto Rican artists making music today and we gave them a challenge: what would you do with these classic anthems?
In this special bonus episode of the show, we go behind the music with the artists featured on La Brega: El Álbum — including RaiNao, Xenia Rubinos, ÌFÉ and Ana Macho.
Plus, in an interview recorded live at On Air Fest, host Alana Casanova-Burgess speaks with Angélica Negrón and José Olivares of the band Balún, who composed music for La Brega and recorded a cover for the album. The band members talk about how they incorporated a broad palette of sounds and instruments into their score. “Balún es estar en la brega todo el tiempo,” Angélica explains. “Tener una banda entre diferentes lugares entre Puerto Rico entre San Juan … It's about that kind of layered complexity of ‘ni de aquí ni de allá,’ pero de aquí, siempre, también.” They also unpack their cover of Sylvia Rexach’s “Olas y Arenas,” featured on the album.
Listen to the album here!
Learn more about the voices featured on the album:
• Ana Macho
• Balún
• ÌFÉ
• La Tribu de Abrante
• Mireya Ramos
• RaiNao
• Velcro
• Xenia Rubinos
La Brega: El Álbum is sponsored by Marguerite Casey Foundation.
This season of La Brega is made possible by the Mellon Foundation.
Released:
Apr 13, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (39)
La Brega: historias de la experiencia boricua: Un podcast de siete episodios que combina elementos narrativos y del periodismo investigativo para revelar y reflexionar sobre cómo “la brega” ha definido muchos aspectos de la vida en Puerto Rico. Creado por un equipo de periodistas, productores, músicos y artistas boricuas en la isla y en la diáspora; es presentado por Alana Casanova-Burgess de On the Media. Disponible el miércoles, 24 de febrero. Una coproducción de WNYC Studios y Futuro Studios. by La Brega