Raza World Visions—A Public Affairs & Cultural Arts Radio Show

Raza World Visions radio show features Raza Shoe Gaze in a two-part special. Part 1 features the eclectic ethereal sound of Hope Sandoval, formerly of Mazzy Star and now with Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions. Lose yourself into her soothing whispering meditative poetics in the sparse musical style that has made her the most unique musician to ever come out of East L.A.—and that’s saying a lot ‘cause East L.A.’s got it goin’ on! Part 2 will feature Greg Gonzalez of Cigarettes After Sex. 

Raza World Visions radio show features Raza working class consciousness across musical genres—Ballad, Country, Tejano, Norteño, Corrido, Hip Hop, Punk, Son Jarocho y más!. Listen, move, and be moved by the rhythms of Raza singing about their world as workers, and what they are doing to bring power to the people! Musicians include Santa Cecilia, Johnny Rodriguez, Little Joe y La Familia, Joan Baez, Chuy Negrete, Luis Valdez y Teatro Campesino, Latin Breed, Immortal Technique, Los Illegals, The Brat, and the greatest song ever written in honor of workers by Las Cafeteras!

Raza World Visions returns to Latin Jazz with a retrospective on the legacy of Chicanx jazz musicians from the westcoast from the 1940s to the present. This show explores the crossover jazz artists such as Danny Flores (aka Chuck Rio)—famous for the 1957 hit “Tequila”—followed by bassist Ralph Raymond Peña, and Anthony Ortega and his Orchestra. The show also includes transitional jazz that synthesizes into the Brown Sound from the 1970s, featuring Azteca, El Chicano, and the retro jazz band from the 1990s—Mestizo LA. And since jazz wouldn’t be jazz without improvisational fusions, we close with Sexto Sol and Chicano Batman. This show has hard to find historical west coast Chicanx jazz music mixed with the latest Chicanx jazz fusions and is not to be missed!

Raza World Visions radio show honors the legacy and contributions of El Rey Vicente Fernandez, who made the journey across el monte on December 12, 2021, El Día De La Virgen de Guadalupe. Que en paz descanse. The show honors Vicente Fernandez’ musical, cultural, and social legacy by playing some of his signature Ranchera ballads alongside precursors and contemporaries, with special attention to feminist and lesbian reclamations of this otherwise heteropatriarchal genre. The show thus features music by José Alfredo Jimenez, Chavela Vargas, Lydia Mendoza, Linda Ronstadt, Alejandro Fernandez, Selena, Natalia Jiemenz con Lila Downs, and Rocío Durcal.

Raza World Visions radio show will feature Nueva Canción and its legacy in Chicanx and Latinx protest music. Nueva Canción emerged in the 1960s with revolutionary movements in Latin America, blending folk forms and instruments with contemporary themes. The music raised consciousness about the need for mass mobilizations against oppression, and continues to resonate. This show features Cuban Silvio Rodriguez, Chilean Isabel Parra, Venezuelan Ali Primera, Salvadoran band Yolocamba Ita, Mexican communist balladeer José de Molina & Los Folkloristas, as well as Chicanx and Latinx musicians Chuy Negrete, Teatro Campesino, Las Cafeteras, Los Cambalache & Puerto Rican Calle 13 with Chileans Inti Illimani & Camila Romero.

Raza World Visions radio show features Raza Country music. Hey, what is Norteña music anyway?! ...pues, country music in Spanish! It’s just a two-step away from Nashville to Floore’s Country Store in San Antone. So tune in to explore Raza country music in all its variety and complexity as we go honky tonkeando barrio style with Little Joe y La Familia, Johnny Rodriguez, Freddie Fender, Joan Baez, Tish Hinojosa, y porsupuesto Los Lobos, along with The Texas Tornados, and even Michael Salgado in English! You’ll be surprised by the origin of The Last Bandoleros, and we’ll also sample nouveau and fusion Raza country from San Antonio to Calgary by Lindi Ortega, Kat and Alex, Valery Ponzio, and Rick Treviño in collaboration with Flaco Jimenez. ¡Híjole, qué locura nos ocurra!

Raza World Visions radio show features AfroLatinx Beats, Rhymes, Rhythms in a show specially curated to close the 2021 International Conference of Caribbean Literature at Morehouse College. Weaving in and out of play lists from past shows, and adding new featured music and spoken word artists, this show includes Third Root with Charles Peters and Marco Cervantes (aka Mexican Step Grandfather/MSG), Krudas Cubensi, Las Cafeteras, El Chicano, Juan de Marcos and the AfroCuban All Stars, Hector Lavoe, Calle 13, and Cypress Hill, with spoken word by Elizabeth Acevedo. 

Raza World Visions radio show dedicates recurring feature shows exclusively to Raza women, lesbian, and non-binary lead singers across time and genre. This second part of the two-part series on Chicana/x and Latina/x lead singers includes 1930s icon Lydia Mendoza, Tejana star Laura Canales, y porsupuesto Selena. We follow with Denise Carlos and Leah Gallegos of the Son Jarocho band Las Cafeteras, as well as Old School Barrio Jams by Homegirls JRoxxx and LaLa Romero, with special featured songs by Santa Cecilia. 

Raza World Visions radio show dedicates recurring feature shows exclusively to Raza women, lesbian, and non-binary lead singers across time and genre. This first part of the two-part series on Chicana/x and Latina/x lead singers focuses on their political legacies, and includes early music by Joan Baez and Linda Ronstadt, contemporary classics by Nina Diaz, Adriana Flores, and Trish Toledo, spoken word and Son Jarocho by Xotchi Flores of Los Cambalache, Quetzal, and Las Cafeteras, with neo-Movimiento music by The Brat and Crudas Cubensi. 

Raza World Visions radio show features two episodes dedicated to Raza songs that explore what it means to be Raza and the many ways musicians have meditated on Chicana, Chicano, and Chicanx life, culture, identity, and politics. This second part of the two part show focuses on regional and genre variations, including Al Reyes, Conjunto Aztlán, Ali Primera, Las Cafeteras, Yolocamba Ita, Calle 13, Capone, Third Root, and Crudas Cubensi.