Chicago Sinfonietta vs. Mucca Pazza in a Battle of the Bands!
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.
World Music Fest: Preview
City-wide, World-round Block Party!
M.A.K.U. Sound System
M.A.K.U. Soundsystem takes you to an Afro Colombian street party, in a 21st century mode. They…
Sones de México Ensemble Chicago
Sones de México will be performing at Millennium Park's Pritzker Pavilion this Wednesday to celebrate 20…
Preview: Chicago Jazz Fest 2014
Windy City Jazz-extravaganza, 36 years and counting
The World According to Cantinflas
Master of the art of using nonsense to make perfect sense
Interview: Danay Suárez
The LAMC is often a place for wondrous musical discoveries, and the 2014 quinceañera edition was…
Interview: Alex Marrero of Brown Sabbath
Brownout presents Brown Sabbath will perform at the Double Door on August 13.
Video Interview: Ceci Bastida
Chatting with the alt-mexicana songstress about music and life on both sides of the border