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The Clave Chronicles — 64 episodes

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Tribute to a master conguero, Carlos "Patato" Valdés

2

The complicated legacy of Willie Colón

3

The life and legacy of pianist Lilí Martínez Griñan

4

Violín and hybrid worship practices in contemporary Cuba

5

Feliz 100 años, Celia!

6

"El rumbero del piano": Paying tribute to Eddie Palmieri

7

The latest in Cuban music with Rafa Escalona

8

A tribute to Paulito FG

9

Breaking down Bad Bunny's Debí Tirar Más Fotos

10

Send me your questions for a mailbag episode!

11

A conversation with Cuban journalist Jesús Jank Curbelo

12

Rosa Marquetti part 2: Celia in Cuba

13

Cuban music historian Rosa Marquetti (part 1)

14

Corneta china & Cantonese opera: The Chinese musical legacy

15

Cuban fusion and transnational scenes

16

From the Cuban Serenade podcast: Hilario Durán, The Genius

17

The Cuban-Canadian musical diaspora

18

Timba then and now

19

Krudxs Cubensi: Giving voice to Afro-Cuban queer & non-binary identity

20

Going deep on the concept of clave

21

The latest in reparto

22

Pérez Prado in Mexico

23

Cuban art music before and after the Revolution

24

The many musical lives of Roberto Borrell

25

The angst and rage of punk cubano

26

ICYMI: The poetry and politics of nueva trova

27

Tonada Trinitaria & Guarapachangueo

28

Afrocuba con Su Ritmo Batarumba

29

The Afro-diasporic fusions of percussionist Michael Spiro

30

The magic and artistry of Chucho Valdés

31

Ida y Vuelta: Musical exchange between Cuba and España

32

A working musician in Santiago (en español)

33

Don't call it soukous: The many sub-styles of Congolese rumba

34

Bad Bunny

35

The Haitian presence in Cuba

36

The Bay Area Cuban music scene

37

Conga santiaguera

38

I'd love to hear from you!

39

Fundamento: The deep African essences of Cuban religion with Ned Sublette

40

Drumming and singing for the orishas

41

Congolese rumba: Cuban music goes back home

42

Changüí, Cuban roots music

43

A tribute to Tirso Duarte, QEPD

44

Gloria Estefan, Queen of Latin crossover

45

Women and feminism in salsa, from Celia to La India

46

Cuban social dance: casino and rueda

47

Más Timba: Pupy, Paulito, Bamboleo & Revé

48

Timba: NG La Banda & Charanga Habanera

49

Cuban reggaeton and reparto

50

Los Van Van in the Special Period & beyond

51

Los Van Van: Cuba's salsa train

52

The poetry and politics of nueva trova

53

Rap cubano part 2

54

Rap cubano

55

The 1950s dance crazes: mambo & cha-cha-cha

56

The evolution of salsa

57

The birth of salsa

58

Jazz meets Afro-Cuban music

59

Arsenio Rodriguez and his musical legacy

60

Rumba

61

A deep dive into danzón, with Robin Moore

62

The Cuban origins of the bolero

63

The roots of the Buena Vista Social Club

64

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