I would like to wish you all a HAPPY HOLIDAYS! PEACE and LOVE for 2009!
Thank you to all of you that have been listening and supporting "Viento Sur" in 2008. Once again I invite you to listen "Viento Sur" every Sunday from 1:00pm to 2:00pm EST from www.ciut.fm or you can listen past editions by clicking under the Viento Sur Replay Shows.
Wednesday 31 December 2008
Sunday 14 December 2008
Viento Sur Interviewed Jenny Cardenas
Today Viento Sur featured music of one of the greatest bolivian singer song writters, Jenny Cardenas. We have also interviewed her live from La Paz city. You can click the link Viento Sur December 14th to the right below the Replay Viento Sur Shows to enjoy her music and the interview. For more information on Jenny Cardenas please visit the following links:
Sunday 23 November 2008
Viento Sur Featured Marcelo Peña's Music
Today Viento Sur featured music of one of the greatest bolivian QUENA (flute) players of the world, Marcelo Peña. We have also interviewed him live from New York city.
Marcelo Peña was born in La Paz-Bolivia. At a very young age he showed passion for music and started to play the "QUENA". By the age of 8 he was already part of a kids band called "Los Jairitas". He started his carreer in Peña Naira a famous venue in La Paz-Bolivia where the bolivian floklore was shared with all the people that visited La Paz from around the world. He is curretly touring the United States, he was also part of great bolivian bands like Wara and Luz del Ande.
You can click the link Viento Sur November 23th to the right below the Replay Viento Sur Shows to enjoy his music and the interview. For more information on Marcelo Peña please visit the following links:
Marcelo Peña was born in La Paz-Bolivia. At a very young age he showed passion for music and started to play the "QUENA". By the age of 8 he was already part of a kids band called "Los Jairitas". He started his carreer in Peña Naira a famous venue in La Paz-Bolivia where the bolivian floklore was shared with all the people that visited La Paz from around the world. He is curretly touring the United States, he was also part of great bolivian bands like Wara and Luz del Ande.
You can click the link Viento Sur November 23th to the right below the Replay Viento Sur Shows to enjoy his music and the interview. For more information on Marcelo Peña please visit the following links:
Thursday 20 November 2008
Viento Sur Featured Music from Carlos Ponce
On Sunday November 16, 2008 Viento Sur featured music of one of the greatest bolivian SIKU (pan-flute) players of the world, Carlos Ponce. We have also interviewed him live from La Paz-Bolivia.
Carlos Ponce was born in La Paz-Bolivia. At a very young age he showed passion for music and started to play the "siku" (Aymara language for pan-flute). By the age of 14 he was already recording with very well known bolivian bands an musicians. He is the pioneer of bolivian jazz, his skill in the execution of the bolivian sikus (bolivian-pan-flutes) has allowed him to participate in many Jazz festivals around the world.
You can click the link Viento Sur November 16th to the right below the Replay Viento Sur Shows to enjoy his music and the interview.
Sunday 26 October 2008
Viento Sur Featured Zulma Yugar
Viento Sur featured music from Zulma Yugar a bolivian singer song writter that will be in concert at the Ace Banquet Hall, 821 Runnymede Road, Toronto, Ontario on November 8th, 2008.
You can visit the following links to enjoy Zulma Yugar's music:
Friday 3 October 2008
Music from WARA will be featured on October sunday 4th,11th and 18th
Viento Sur will feature music from the amazing bolivian band WARA, formed in La Paz - Bolivia in the 1970s. Wara are the pioneers of hard progressive rock, mixed with bolivian andean rythms and instruments, that created very unique music (fusion bolivian andean music) that served as the inspiracion to many bolivian musicians and latin americans alike.
To enjoy some music from this amazing band visit the following links:
Sunday 17 August 2008
First Sunday Show
Today Viento Sur starts its new time slot from 1:00pm until 2:00pm. Following is todays play list:
Band Song Country Youtube Link
Kalamarka Wilka Kuty Bolivia
Kalamarka Pujllayman Tusuy Bolivia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrzmNf9ncB8
Kalamarka Guardian del Amazonas Bolivia
Sol Simiente Sur Danza Ritual de la Coca Bolivia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhARn2h5Gs&feature=related
Sol Simiente Sur Invierno Bolivia
Sol Simiente Sur Taquirari Experimental Bolivia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdT-eqHsUbI
Luzmila Carpio Bartolina Sisaman Bolivia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiEwAx5PYkE&feature=related
Esther Marisol El Guajojo Bolivia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7eihYJEH8c
Fuzion Mi Cumbiacita Ecuador
Band Song Country Youtube Link
Kalamarka Wilka Kuty Bolivia
Kalamarka Pujllayman Tusuy Bolivia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrzmNf9ncB8
Kalamarka Guardian del Amazonas Bolivia
Sol Simiente Sur Danza Ritual de la Coca Bolivia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkhARn2h5Gs&feature=related
Sol Simiente Sur Invierno Bolivia
Sol Simiente Sur Taquirari Experimental Bolivia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdT-eqHsUbI
Luzmila Carpio Bartolina Sisaman Bolivia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiEwAx5PYkE&feature=related
Esther Marisol El Guajojo Bolivia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7eihYJEH8c
Fuzion Mi Cumbiacita Ecuador
Saturday 26 July 2008
Happy Independance day OH LINDA LA PAZ! CHUQUIAGO MARKA!
HAPPY INDEPENDANCE DAY CHUQUIAGO MARKA, LA PAZ! Listen to the last Viento Sur shows dedicated to the Independance of La Paz in 1809 from the spaniard crown.Saturday 8 March 2008
Live Interview with Adrian Villanueva
Today I spoke with Adrian Villanueva of the bolivian band Kallawaya. Adrian has played Quena (bolivian flute) for over 30 years and now is considered a master. We discussed his latest tour promoting bolivian music and his upcoming album that will be released at the end of April.
If you missed the program the entire hour can be found under Replay Viento Sur Shows March 8th link.
Sunday 20 January 2008
Kallawaya was featured on January 12, 2008
Viento Sur featured another amazing bolivian band Kallawaya that is the most exciting group to appear on the Bolivian Andean music scene – local and international – for over a decade.
The new ensemble has a formidable virtuosi line-up and offers a wide-ranging programme of Bolivian and Latin American music to display its myriad talent. Using the traditional bolivian combination of wind, string and percussion instruments, Kallawaya aim for artistic excellence and diversity in performance. Moving from a brief but stunning presentation of auctoctonous bolivian music, their concert performances encompass traditional and popular styles, introducing elements of latin boliivian jazz to create an impressively contemporary sound.
In 2003 Kallawaya made their debut tour in the West. For this proyect five of Bolivia's most talented musicians, all stars of the La Paz music world, have been brought together by bolivian kenista Adrian Villanueva.
The new ensemble has a formidable virtuosi line-up and offers a wide-ranging programme of Bolivian and Latin American music to display its myriad talent. Using the traditional bolivian combination of wind, string and percussion instruments, Kallawaya aim for artistic excellence and diversity in performance. Moving from a brief but stunning presentation of auctoctonous bolivian music, their concert performances encompass traditional and popular styles, introducing elements of latin boliivian jazz to create an impressively contemporary sound.
In 2003 Kallawaya made their debut tour in the West. For this proyect five of Bolivia's most talented musicians, all stars of the La Paz music world, have been brought together by bolivian kenista Adrian Villanueva.
Adrian Villanueva – kenas
Kenista with Rumillajta for fifteen years, and a well known flute craftsman, Adrian took the lead acting part portraying a kallawaya, or travelling healer,
in Amazon, an imax film released in 1997.
Max Carlos Ponce– zamponas
A highly accomplished panpipe player who has performed with many major Bolivian artists including Rumillajta, with whom he toured and recorded. Reknowned for his remarkable technique on chromatic panpipe and his skill as a jazz musician.
Edgar Villaroel – lead vocalist, percussion
A charismatic performer with a highly distinctive voice and a model for many Andean vocalists. Has sung with leading Bolivian groups K’jarkas, Mallku de los Andes and Rumillajta. During the nineties lived in London and sang with Robert Pla and his Latin Jazz Ensemble.
Juan Carlos Cordero – guitar
Guitarist and song-arranger with Rumillajta for twelve years. A remarkably versatile, classically trained guitarist. Winner of the 1994 Guitar Festival, Bolivia.
Saul Callejas – charangos, second voice
One of the finest charango players Bolivia has produced and
Jach'a Mallku's ex-charangista. A top prize winner at Bolivia's
Festival of Musica Popular 1988.
Kenista with Rumillajta for fifteen years, and a well known flute craftsman, Adrian took the lead acting part portraying a kallawaya, or travelling healer,
in Amazon, an imax film released in 1997.
Max Carlos Ponce– zamponas
A highly accomplished panpipe player who has performed with many major Bolivian artists including Rumillajta, with whom he toured and recorded. Reknowned for his remarkable technique on chromatic panpipe and his skill as a jazz musician.
Edgar Villaroel – lead vocalist, percussion
A charismatic performer with a highly distinctive voice and a model for many Andean vocalists. Has sung with leading Bolivian groups K’jarkas, Mallku de los Andes and Rumillajta. During the nineties lived in London and sang with Robert Pla and his Latin Jazz Ensemble.
Juan Carlos Cordero – guitar
Guitarist and song-arranger with Rumillajta for twelve years. A remarkably versatile, classically trained guitarist. Winner of the 1994 Guitar Festival, Bolivia.
Saul Callejas – charangos, second voice
One of the finest charango players Bolivia has produced and
Jach'a Mallku's ex-charangista. A top prize winner at Bolivia's
Festival of Musica Popular 1988.
If you have missed this big show on Kallawaya just click on the link Viento Sour January, 12, 2008, to listen the repris.
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