Ep 26 - La Peña, Part 4: Desde La Peña hasta World Music Wednesday

The Archives Podcast

En la parte final de la serie, La Peña comes to a close, and makes room for a new and broader concert series, which continues to this day: World Music Wednesday. In this episode we hear stories--en inglés y español--from Juan Díes, Mateo Mulcahy, and Roberto Arce, alongside música latina from the archives. Original recordings featured in this episode (in order of occurrence): - “Túmbame el Engaño” from “A Bomba & Plena History of Puerto Rico: Bembeteo” written and performed by Ramón Lopez, live at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N Lincoln Ave, 04/27/2005 - Interview with Mateo Mulcahy at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 909 W Armitage Ave, 06/14/2019 - Interview with Juan Díes & Luis Jahn at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 909 W Armitage Ave, 06/14/2019 - Phone interview with Roberto Arce, 6/7/19 (tape sync courtesy of Adrian Alcantar) - “La Banda” performed by Los Cenzontles, live at the Old Town School of Folk Music, 4544 N Lincoln Ave, 10/13/2004 This podcast series on La Peña was supported by a grant from the Illinois Digital Archive. Access more audio and video recordings from the La Peña concert series at: http://www.idaillinois.org/digital/collection/p16614coll9/search/ Website: www.oldtownschool.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/OTSArchives Instagram: @archivespodcast