Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchRosa Marquetti part 2: Celia in Cuba
Part 2 of Rebecca's conversation with Cuban music historian Rosa Marquetti. The second edition of her book Celia en Cuba (1925-1962) was recently pub…
1 year, 5 months ago
Cuban music historian Rosa Marquetti (part 1)
Rebecca speaks with Cuban music historian Rosa Marquetti Torres, author of several books, including one on Chano Pozo and another one on Celia Cruz's…
1 year, 6 months ago
Corneta china & Cantonese opera: The Chinese musical legacy
Ethnomusicologist Edwin Porras joins Rebecca to speak about Chinese musical influences in Cuba, which date back to the mid-19th century. The double-r…
1 year, 6 months ago
Cuban fusion and transnational scenes
Eva Silot Bravo joins Rebecca again to talk about her recently published book, Cuban Fusion: The Transnational Cuban Alternative Music Scene, which f…
1 year, 7 months ago
From the Cuban Serenade podcast: Hilario Durán, The Genius
This week The Clave Chronicles is sharing an episode of Cuban Serenade, a podcast exploring the history of Cuban music in Canada that's hosted by Fre…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Cuban-Canadian musical diaspora
Freddy Monasterio, a Cuban-born researcher, educator and arts administrator based in Toronto, joins Rebecca to talk about the Cuban musical diaspora …
1 year, 8 months ago
Timba then and now
Anthropologist and prolific scholar Umi Vaughan, author of Rebel Dance, Renegade Stance: Timba Music and Black Identity, joins Rebecca to speak about…
1 year, 9 months ago
Krudxs Cubensi: Giving voice to Afro-Cuban queer & non-binary identity
Legendary Afro-Cuban hip hop group Krudxs Cubensi (Odaymar Cuesta and Oli Prendes) join Rebecca to speak about their career and the particular challe…
1 year, 9 months ago
Going deep on the concept of clave
Percussionist and educator David Peñalosa, author of the book The Clave Matrix, joins Rebecca for an in-depth discussion on the concept of clave, del…
1 year, 10 months ago
The latest in reparto
Back by popular demand, Mike Levine joins Rebecca again to speak about the latest happenings in Cuban reparto, including a recent controversy related…
1 year, 10 months ago