Latin music in all flavors at the Crescent City’s fabulous New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival!
Author: Catalina Maria Johnson
I love to write and radio about music! The one-hour radio program I host and produce, Beat Latino, airs Sundays at 11am on vocalo.org , Saturdays in Berlin and is archived weekly. Beat Latino specials are also licensed in 20+ states throughout the U.S.A. through the Public Radio Exchange. I contribute regularly to NPR's Alt.Latino, World Cafe , and Global Notes on WBEZ, NPR Music, Gozamos, Revista Contratiempo.
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