Arepa con Queso II

Que hubo mi gente!

It's been a while since I've posted anything but I had to do something special for Colombian independence day. I put this Colombian set together on July 20th but I couldn't find time to post it. Better late than never, right? I hope ya'll enjoy.

Polito Bances "Carnaval de Arequipa" (Caliente)
Hermanos Martinez "Soy colombiano" (CBS)
Emilita Dago "Porro Tradicional" (Discos TH)
La Sonora Dinamita "Cumbia Barulera" (Delujo)
Emir Boscan y los Tomasinos "Porque me llaman Vallenato" (TH)
Alfredo Gutierrez "El Cacerio" (Color)
Edmundo Arias y su Orquesta "Ojitos Chinos" (Sonolux)
Sonora Ponceña "A Cali" (Inca)
Willie Salcedo "Lo Que Trae Willie" (Daro)
Ray Perez "No Salgas de tu Barrio" (Discomoda)

Que viva Colombia!!

Peace

Fresh Pandebono

Happy New Year!

Joey Pastrana and his Orchestra "Cuidate Compay" (Cotique)
Los Falcons "Aquellos Diciembres" (RCA Victor)
Orquesta Los Melodicos "La Murga" (Discolando)
Conjunto Sensacion "Congas Callejeras" (Tropical)
Machito y sus Afro-Cubanos "Mambo Infierno" (Tropical)
La Plata Sextette "Que Buena Esta" (Tropical)
Rey Roig y su Orquesta "Borracho No Vale" (Salsoul)
Gran Banda Caleña "El Son de Celina" (Discos CBS)
Hector Lavoe "Songoro Consongo" (Fania)
El Gran Combo "Y No Hago Mas Na'" (Combo)

Some great tracks here - I'm really diggin' Congas Callejeras, Mambo Infierno and Songoro Consongo. Aquellos Diciembres is appropriate for the season, no?

I wish you all good health and lots of fun in 2010. I will do my best to squeeze in as many arepafunk episodes as I can this year. Thanks for listening!

Oh, I can't believe I haven't mentioned this 'til now - Watch Modern Family on ABC, its the greatest show on TV right now, palabra.

Peace, Johnny

No excuses LA

If you call Los Angeles, Califas your home then you absolutely must make it out to the California Plaza in downtown at noon or at 8pm this Friday, August 14th to catch Totó La Momposina LIVE for FREE. This event is brought to you by Grand Performances. Check out their site for more info...

Also, I am going to go check out Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro at the Echoplex on Saturday the 15th. Should be a dope show... for all things Quantic, check out his site.

Oh and I almost forgot... The LA Salsa Music Festival at the Greek Theatre on August 22nd. Don't miss it... every year so far its been pretty sick. This year the headliner is El Gran Combo.
Get more info and buy tickets here.

Lots of good music, right in LA. Don't sleep!

Ciao

Andy Montañez at the Conga Room

Attention all Angelinos... Andy Montañez LIVE

Thursday, August 6th
Conga Room at LA Live
800 W. Olympic Blvd

I'm sure its gonna be a great show so try to make it out!

Peace

Aguardiente Estraight II

In case you missed the first Aguardiente set, find it in the archives (March 7, 2009).

This is some great music to dance too. I even threw in some merengue. Seriously, be careful with this en la oficina... you will end up out of your chair shaking it.

Coming up soon is a 'slow jams' set. Be on the lookout!

Peace

Arepa con Queso

Yo! I've been really bad at keep this blog and the podcast up-to-date on a weekly basis. I apologize to all of you that visit weekly. I should be back on track now.

The good news is I did some record hunting and picked up some great stuff while I was in San Francisco this past weekend. I look forward to showing off some of these great finds in the coming weeks.

Arepa con Queso is a set I put together right before I left for my little vacation to Sacramento/SF. It is made up of all Colombian music. The last four songs were written by the legendary Rafael Escalona who passed away on May 13th. Click here to learn more about his life. QEPD

Peace.

Patacón Relleno

Yo! Mi gente, arepafunk is back with a great set. Since I missed an episode last week, I made sure that the tracks I selected this week were extra special.

Some of the highlights include Joe Panama's Soul Sister, Larry Harlow's Las Luzes (with Ismael Miranda Jr. on vocals) and Carlos Argentino singing Tu Rica Boca.

As part of the Jazz at the Bowl series this season, Eddie Palmieri will be performing at the Hollywood Bowl on July 8th. For those of you in LA, you won't wanna miss it. Sergio Mendes and Poncho Sanchez will be playing that night too. Should be amazing - see you there! Tickets went on sale yesterday, check it out.

Colombianisate!

Ciao

Arroz Chino

So this week I found a set of 45's that belong to my Pops. You know when you find a dollar in your pocket? Well, it was something like that. Except, I did cartwheels. Maybe you do cartwheels too when you find a buck? No se.

Anyway, the first selection for this week came from that stack of 45's. It's a song called Pesebre by Grupo la Droga. I couldn't find any info on this group on the net (fun name though). This track is funky - I can't get enough of it.

There is a funny intro to Sono Sono by the Alegre All Stars - it's the voice of Kako , the timbalero. Cheo Feliciano provides the vocals on that track and then you hear him again on the next track El Pito by the Joe Cuba Sextet. Back to back Cheo - you can't beat that.

Charlie Palmieri's Tiene Sabor will make you wanna dance if you weren't already. Be on the lookout, he plays the melodica towards the end and it sounds so dope.

Saludos a Michelle, who I caught checkin' out this blog. Gracias chica! Atleast I know someone is reading this =)

Alright friends of arepafunk, have a great week.

Peace.

Papas Chorreadas

Every time I hear "El Negro Bembon" I have to move the needle back to the beginning and hear it again. I'm not sure if it will have the same effect on you, but I can't help myself.

There's is a little of everything in this mix. I hope you enjoy the variety.

Peace

Platano Frito

Don't act surprised, I told you this week's set was gonna be fresh! BANANAS!

Willie Colon starts it up for us with the title track from his debut album "El Malo". This album also served as the debut for Hector Lavoe as the singer for the Willie Colon Band. Thank you Johnny Pacheco for linking these two up - what a legendary combo.

Some of you really liked Ray Barretto's "Right On" from my Chitos set from 2 weeks back, so I made sure to include "The Soul Drummers" this week - definitely a similar sound/feel. Muy groovy.

After that you got some Joe Cuba, more Lavoe, Bataan, Palmieri, Hermanos Lebron, and even some Niche. Eeaaaave Maria, que mas quieren?

Bueno mi people, enjoy the set and continue to spread the word about arepafunk.

Mucho thank you.

Aguapanela con Limón

Eddie Palmieri kicks off this week's set with the funky "Vamos Pal Monte" - perhaps one of his most classic tunes. Next, you have Lisandro Meza's "Entre Rejas" - this is the song that makes me wish I played the accordean!

Be on the lookout for Fruko's "Sabré Olvidarte." I never paid much attention to this one before, but it is definitely a treat.

I hope you enjoy the overall selection. Tune in next week - I got some fun tracks already picked out. Sorry to have to make you wait =(

Peace!

Aguardiente Estraight (on an empty stomach)

No sitting, no 'playin the wall', none of this 'I don't dance" paja - this is some get sweaty, get movin', get with it or get out type of chit - no joke. Asi que, get the 'firewater' ready because this is salsa de la buena - pa' que sepan

We got some hardcore classics here - The Latin Brothers have two spots on this weeks selection. They are a very successful Colombian group organized by Julio Ernesto Estrada, who we know better as Fruko. Las Caleñas son Como las Flores has Piper Pimienta Diaz on vocals and Patrona de los Reclusos features Joe Arroyo.

Hector Lavoe's El Todopoderoso is by far my favorite 'gospel' song. If they played this at church, I'd be there every Sunday - en serio!

And then we have El Preso. Wowsers, talk about a power song - this one never fails to get everyone on the dance floor. If I'm at a party with my sister, it doesn't matter what I'm doing, when this song comes on, I put down my drink, empanada, or whatever and I look for my hermanita on the dancefloor. This one is for you flaca!

Brevas con Arequipe

After a heavy week, I hope you saved some room for this sweetened selection. Joe Cuba's "Mujer Divina" along with Lucho Gatica's version of "Historia de un Amor" give this mix a candy coat. Enjoy.

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