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BEAT LATINO 036: The music of our cities

From: Catalina Maria Johnson
Length: 57:39

An hour of tunes from the Latin & Latino universe to celebrate our legendary cities! Read the full description.

Beatlatino-cities3_small An hour of tunes from the Latin & Latino universe to celebrate many of our legendary cities: Cartagena, Colombia - Guadalajara, Mexico - Havana, Cuba - and many more! From cumbias to salsas to mariachi to rock en español, we sing the praises of our beautiful cities. A highly danceable lesson in the geography and arquitectures of Latin America and Spain!

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An hour of tunes from the Latin & Latino universe to celebrate many of our legendary cities: Cartagena, Colombia - Guadalajara, Mexico - Havana, Cuba - and many more! From cumbias to salsas to mariachi to rock en español, we sing the praises of our beautiful cities. A highly danceable lesson in the geography and arquitectures of Latin America and Spain!

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Music of the City Black Ghandi Joy. Black Ghandi 2009 04:34
En Barranquilla me quedo Joe Arroyo y la Verdad Greatest Salsa Classics of Colombia. Discos Fuentes 1999 05:12
Feria de Cali Lisandro Meza El Sabanero. Musart 1999 04:28
Cartagena Alegre Pedro Laza y sus Pelayeros Fiesta Tradicional Colombiana. Discos Fuentes 1999 02:40
Fiesta y Milonga Susana Blaszko Toda Buenos Aires. Iris Music France 2001 02:40
Mi Buenos Aires Querido Guillermo Neira Tango Argentina. Cooking Vinyl/IODA 2006 02:24
Habana Orishas Antidiotico. Universal Music Latino 2007 04:39
Bienvenido a Tijuana Manu Chao Latino All Stars Disc 1. Virgin France 2002 02:42
Canto a Monterrey La Sonora Dinamita Cumbia pa saborear. Discos Fuentes 2005 03:13
San Luis Potosi Los Hermanos Prado Los Hermanos Prado. Hacienda Records/The Orchard 2007 02:18
Guadalajara Vicente Fernandez El Numero Uno. Sony Discos 1994 03:17
Granada Peter Hatch The Magic of the Viola. Prodigital Records 2002 03:30
Granada Perez Prado and his Orchestra Cuban Originals. Sony BMG Latin 1999 04:30
Rio de Janeiro Xiame Xiame. VeraBra Records 1990 03:00
En mi viejo San Juan Valerio Longoria La Piragua. Hacienda Records/The Orchard 2006 03:02
En mi viejo San Juan Chicago Cuatro Orchestra Chicago Cuatro Orchestra. Chicago Cuatro Orchestra 01:50