The Second Case This Year of the Barefoot Latin Dance Party
Amigos, we celebrate Super Bowl Sunday today with a killer set of tracks from Cuba. The "Barefoot" genre is a chance for me to step away from the big clubs of Havana and focus on music that was popular in more rural parts of Cuba, particularly in Cuba's second big city, Santiago.
We start today's set with some tracks that can truly be called Cuba's "country music." This style of music can sometimes be heard on the streets of Havana, or perhaps in a small bar, but this is hardly the type of urban dancefloor sounds that would ever be featured in a Havana club setting. One track in this opening set from Buena Vista alumnus Compay Segundo.
We move on to a set of tracks devoted to the rites of the various saints of Santero, the Cuban religion that marries Catholic saint personas to the spirit-gods of Yoruba, the African religion that came to Cuba with slaves from modern day Nigeria. Then we finish the first hour with some classic son, the music of septets and sextets that has remained a cherished and largely unaltered national music of Cuba for about a century.
The second hour today moves slightly uptown, generally incorporating a horn line. But the content here is still unmistakably "Oriental," or coming from the Eastern part of Cuba. We wrap up the show with a few numbers taken from the modern era.
- 12:03pm Tristeza Guajira by Celina y Reutilio on Rezos y Cantos Guajiros (Ansonia)
- 12:06pm Es Mi Sentencia by Maria Teresa Vera & Trio Veinte Anos on Las Cancions de Maria Teresa Vera (Egrem)
- 12:09pm Vamos Pa' La Conga by Trio Matamoros on 14 Joyas Musicales Cubanas (Guantanamera Records)
- 12:12pm Dame La Pelota by Sones de Oriente on Sones de Oriente (Areito)
- 12:14pm Filiberto by Compay Segundo y su Grupo on Son Orientale (Panart)
- 12:17pm La Lengua de Ana Luisa by Bimbi con su Trio Oriental on El Popular Bimbi con su Trio Oriental (Tropical)
- 12:20pm Assoyi Assoyi by Celina y Reutilio on Rezos y Cantos Guajiros (Ansonia)
- 12:23pm A Santa Barbara by Celina y Reutilio y Su Conjunto Tipico on A Santa Barbara (Sua Ritos)
- 12:26pm Alborada Guajira by Celina y Reutilio on Rezos y Cantos Guajiros (Ansonia)
- 12:29pm San Lazaro by Celina y Reutilio on A Santa Barbara (Sua Ritos)
- 12:32pm El Baile del Le Lo Lay by Celina y Reutilio on Rezos y Cantos Guajiros (Ansonia)
- 12:35pm Yo Soy el Punto Cubano by Celina y Reutilio on Rezos y Cantos Guajiros (Ansonia)
- 12:39pm Junto Al Rio by Septeto Tipico Habanero on Tipico y Habanero (Areito)
- 12:42pm Buey Viejo by El Septeto Nacional on El Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Pineiro (WS Latin)
- 12:45pm Tres Lindas Cubanas by Conjunto Tipico Cubano on Tipico y Habanero (Areito)
- 12:48pm La Loma de Belen by Septeto Tipico Habanero on Tipico y Habanero (Areito)
- 12:51pm La Batidora by El Septeto Nacional on El Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Pineiro (WS Latin)
- 12:54pm Vueltabajera by El Septeto Nacional on El Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Pineiro (WS Latin)
- 12:57pm Mi Pobre Corazon by El Septeto Puerto Rico on El Septeto Puerto Rico (Rumba Records)
- 1:01pm La Teta E by Chano Pozo on Legends of Afro-Cuban Muic (SMC Pro-Arte)
- 1:04pm Ya Me Canse by Papin y Otros on Guaguanco Vol. 2 (Puchito)
- 1:07pm Un Toque de Bembe by Papin y Otros on Guaguanco Vol. 2 (Puchito)
- 1:10pm Yambeque by Papin y Otros on Guaguanco Vol. 2 (Puchito)
- 1:13pm Sonaremo el Tambo by Cunjunto Kubavana de Alberto Ruiz on Sonaremo el Tambo (Carino)
- 1:16pm Tintorera Ya Llego by Arsenio Rodriguez y su Conjunto on Legends of Afro-Cuban Music (SMC Pro-Arte)
- 1:18pm Que Negra P'Acelera by Arsenio Rodriguez y su Conjunto on Como Se Goza El Barrio (Grosso!)
- 1:21pm Te Lo Juro by Pio Leiva on 14 Joyas Musicales de Cuba Vol. 3 (Guantanamera Records)
- 1:24pm La Rosa Envenenada by Estrellas de Chocolate on Prefiero El Son (Areito)
- 1:27pm Bembe Sin Zapatos by Luis Grinan y su Orquesta on Ritos Santeros (Suave)
- 1:30pm Ritmo de Mi Son by Estrellas de Chocolate on Prefiero El Son (Areito)
- 1:33pm Fruta Bomba by Luis Grinan y su Orquesta on Ritos Santeros (Suave)
- 1:36pm Yolanda, Dime Que Si by Estrellas de Chocolate on Prefiero El Son (Areito)
- 1:38pm Tu No Tienes Problemas by Chappottin y sus Estrellas on Cucarachita Cucarachon (Caramelo)
- 1:41pm El Quinbobo by Adalberto Alvarez on El Regreso de Maria (Areito)
- 1:46pm Celos de Ti y de Tu Sombra by La Sonora Santiaguera on 14 Joyas Musicales Cubanos Vol. 3 (Guantanamera Records)
- 1:49pm Mami Me Gusto by Adalberto Alvarez on Fin de Semana con Adalberto Alvarez (Areito)
- 1:55pm A Moron by Barbarito Diez Jr on Baila Mi Son Montuno (Cubalegre)