Episode Details

Musician Quetzal Flores celebrates the birthday of Ritchie Valens by sharing the journey of his most famous song, “La Bamba,” from African communities in Mexico, to the top of the U.S. charts, and eventually as an anti-racism protest song on the streets of Charlottesville, Virginia.

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