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  • ¡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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    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.

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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.

    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

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  • 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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    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: [email protected]

    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.

    Contact us at: [email protected]

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

    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.

    Contact us at: [email protected]

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

    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.

    Écoute tous nos singles ici.

    Pour plus de ressources et informations, allez visiter notre site ici, ainsi que notre chaine Youtube ici.

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    Si vous avez aimé la musique que nous avons utilisé, allez consulter nos playlists ici.

    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: [email protected]

    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.

    Contáctanos en: [email protected]

    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: 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.

    Were we listening?

    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: [email protected]

    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: [email protected]

    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: [email protected]

    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: [email protected]

    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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    Contact us at: [email protected]

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

    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.

    ¿Estábamos escuchando?

    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: [email protected]

    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: [email protected]

    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: [email protected]

    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.

    Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

    Contact us at: [email protected]

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

    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.

    ¿Estábamos escuchando?

    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!

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

    Síguenos en Instagram y Facebook

    Contáctanos en: [email protected]

    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

  • 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.

    Follow us on Instagram and Facebook

    Contact us at: [email protected]

    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