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Grupo Folklórico does Arsenio
Many Latin music acts that have been around for a while carry the tag of “legendary” in their press releases. But few of them have surprised as much as Grupo Folklórico y Experimental Nuevayorquino did a few years ago, when they reunited to play a few concerts 30 years after releasing their second album. This…
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Pepe Ribas and Ajoblanco
Some interviews are simultaneously a pleasure and a lesson for the reporter. Here is one such case: a conversation with Pepe Ribas, the founder of legendary counterculture Spanish magazine Ajoblanco. Watch here.
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The Debt of Rafael Gumucio
I have admired the wit and writing chops of Rafael Gumucio since I first read his columns and short stories in Chilean newspaper El Mercurio somewehere in the early nineties. Everything he touched was immediately impregnated with self-deprecation, melancholy and a strange sense of humor. When his first book, a collection of stories, was widely…
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After the Earthquake
At 3:34 a.m. on Saturday, February 27, when the fifth-strongest earthquake ever recorded hit a large area of Chile, I was sleeping with my wife in a hostel of Pucón, a beautiful town in the Lake District of the country. Even when Pucón didn’t receive the strongest impact of the earthquake and we suffered no…
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Pie Derecho and the Mutant Latino
My friend Norberto Bogard, editor of monthly Latino-culture-in-NY magazine Pie Derecho, came to NY1 Noticias’ Pura Política to talk with Angelo Falcón (another person I admire in the Latino politics/media scene of New York) to discuss the state of Hispanic affairs and national politics. Norberto —with whom I collaborate in Pie Derecho— had the kindness…
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Frank Lebron
One of the members of the legendary Lebron Brothers came to NY1 Noticias to talk about their upcoming performance at the Lehman Center. He answered questions about the origins of salsa, the boogaloo craze, and why his band is recording singles instead of albums. “If you have 10 girlfriends, you don’t know in which bed…
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Undersea Poem
Interview with Juju Stulbach, singer of Undersea Poem, for NY1 Noticias. Watch here.
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The Cuban Cowboys
Interview with Jorge Navarro, leader of The Cuban Cowboys, for NY1 Noticias. Watch here.
José Manuel Simián 