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Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Santo Domingo Blues - The Story of Bachata

Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Santo Domingo Blues - The Story of Bachata

FromAfropop Worldwide


Hispanic Heritage Month 2023: Santo Domingo Blues - The Story of Bachata

FromAfropop Worldwide

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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Sep 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Bachata is a music of the people. Recalling the American blues, bachata was infamous as the anthem of the hard-drinking, womanizing, down-on-his-luck man, vilified as the entertainment of the brothels and the cabarets, and worshipped by the down-trodden poor as the deepest expression of their feelings. Today it is an international sensation. Alex Wolfe, director of the film "Santo Domingo Blues: The Story of Bachata" brings us live ambience and stories of bachata stars Luis Vargas, Antony Santos, Luis Segura, and Aridia Ventura.
Released:
Sep 15, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Afropop Worldwide is an internationally syndicated weekly radio series, online guide to African and world music, and an international music archive, that has introduced American listeners to the music cultures of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean since 1988. Our radio program is hosted by Georges Collinet from Cameroon, the radio series is distributed by Public Radio International to 110 stations in the U.S., via XM satellite radio, in Africa via and Europe via Radio Multikulti.