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Recibimos con un mucha alegría, a Daliana Alvarado, creativa puertorriqueña, comunicadora, gestora cultural y co-creadora de un blog cultural llamado "Con Sabor a Coco". Daliana fue por varios años la voz anfitriona de un programa de radio producido por Iohann en los primeros años de la década del 2000 en WRTU en Puerto Rico, enfocado en la exploración de nueva música con influencias eclécticas de distintos géneros, épocas y culturas: Travel Lounge. Después de varios años sin contacto, Dalliana, ahora establecida en la ciudad de Nueva York comparte con nosotros y este episodio es una reunión en la que nos ponemos al día y conoceremos sobre el trabajo que Daliana ha hecho con su proyecto "Con Sabor a Coco", así como la aportación cultural de las tradiciones puertorriqueñas a través del trabajo de su familia en Orocovis. La Familia Alvarado. Para conocer más sobre el trabajo de Daliana puede visitar: http://www.consaboracoco.com/

Reyna Tropical at Millpond Live. We welcome Fabi Reyna to Massachusetts, and after her amazing performance at Millpond Live on September 9, we got a moment to talk briefly about her work as Reyna Tropical, and the importance of her motto Queer Love, Afro-México. Also we talked about her inspiration, the She Shreds magazine she founded a decade ago and continues being a forum to amplify the work of female guitarists and bassists. Lastly, we addressed the deep meaning of Reyna Tropical's latest song, "Pajaritos", released this same day of the interview, and being this the last song made by Fabi and Sumohair, before his passing. Find more about Reyna Tropical on lareynatropical.com

La celebración del Cinco de Mayo en Estados Unidos, conlleva ciertas prácticas comerciales y culturales que son particularmente únicas de la idiosincrasia estadounidense. En esta breve sesión comparto información con el fin de explicar qué significa realmente el cinco de mayo en el contexto histórico en México, al igual que las posibles derivaciones que llevaron esta fecha a ser la festividad que se celebra actualmente en Estados Unidos.

Recibimos desde Puerto Rico a una amiga de muchos años, quien es y ha sido una creadora de múltiples proyectos artísticos en diferentes disciplinas. Ella es Miosoti Alvarado, Mio. En esta sesión nos enfocaremos en su más reciente proyecto musical llamado Piquete, así como el lanzamiento de su primer sencillo, "Fluir". Piquete es una innovadora propuesta musical afro-puertorriqueña que Mio la define como neo-plena y bomba-groove. En su propuesta, Miosoti ha fusionado ritmos tradicionales de bomba y plena, con bases rítmicas de géneros contemporáneos, manteniendo la sonoridad de los barriles de Bomba, panderos de Plena, guicharo, maracas, alfaia y otros instrumentos de percusión caribeña y brasileña. Recibiendo la primavera de 2022 y celebrando el Mes Nacional de la Historia de la Mujer en marzo, les invitamos a disfrutar de esta charla con Mio y desde luego, del sencillo "Fluir". Para conocer más del trabajo curatorial de Miosoti en el quehacer de la actividad cultural y artística en Puerto Rico, pueden seguirla en Instagram y Facebook. @dimelomio Para videos, música y actualizaciones de Piquete, pueden visitar @piquetepr y seguir el canal de Piquete en YouTube.

As we honor all women during March 8th, International Women's Day, we have a conversation with visual artist, educator, singer, songwriter, and musician, Carmen Callender. A long-life resident of Springfield, MA, Carmen enjoys creating different pieces of art, in different mediums such as music and murals. In this session, we will learn about the creation of her latest song, "Call of Duty" which is now available for streaming on music platforms, and YouTube. You can check some of Carmen's music on: https://soundcloud.com/carmencallender

New York-based Grammy-nominated Mexican singer and composer, Magos Herrera has been busy during 2021, making new music, and continuing her musical journey, putting together elements from realms like chamber music, jazz, and Latin American roots and influences, And she is coming to present in an intimate concert, a tasting of these multiple sound flavors, exploring the fusion of a string quartet and a jazz ensemble, joined by a string quartet drawn from members of the orchestral collective The Knights. “Remanso,” (Backwater) is a musical scrapbook Herrera composed during COVID-19 isolation. In this conversation with Magos Herrera, we catch up on what she has been working while in isolation, so even there were no live concerts, the music has never stop flowing. The program will include new arrangements commissioned by Americas Society, songs included in the 2020 album Con Alma, and new original music written by Herrera with support from a Chamber Music Americas New Jazz Works grant. Magos Herrera is having her show at Bombyx, Center for Arts and Equity in Florence, MA, on February 11, 2022 at 7:00 PM. Tickets are available at bombyx.live This program is also supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency. To learn more about Magos Herrera's work, you can visit: https://www.magosherrera.com/

Rachel Eckroth is a renowned singer, songwriter, composer, and keyboard player, with a multifaceted approach to music that fits into the jazz umbrella, and at the same time explores musical landscapes that offer dramatic views of places that exist in the vast realm of the creativity and inspiration, using electronic sounds, effects, and an experimental view to what music can be. In this session with Rachel Eckroth, we talk bout her latest album, The Garden, a Grammy-nominated recording for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album. We learn about the inspiration behind this album and some of the pieces in it, all in preparation for her concert at Bombyx, Center for Arts and Equity, on December 29, 2021. To learn more about Rachel Eckroth's work, you can visit racheleckroth.com

Listening to ÌFÉ performing live is to experience a cathartic, spiritual transmutation of what organically and digitally can be perceived as a purification through music. After the sublime performance of ÌFÉ at the Bombyx Center for the Arts & Equity in Florence, MA, we sat down with Otura Mun, leader and founder of ÌFÉ, to catch up and talk about his work. And I say "to catch up" because we happen to know each other from the early 2000's rave and electronic music scene in Puerto Rico, when we shared the stage as DJs in multiple events. So, this session covers Mun's journey from his experience in Puerto Rico from 1999 until now, going from DJ and Selector, to producer and musician, now as ÌFÉ. You will learn the meaning behind the concept of putting digital production elements into an organic performance of instruments that hold a sacred ancestry. Also, we go deeper into the concept of ÌFÉ's latest release, 0000+0000. You can learn more about ÌFÉ, visiting ife-music.com Also, ÌFÉ is on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. We want to thank Cassandra Holden and Kyle Homstead at Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity; and Edo Mor at Collider, for making this experience possible.

On November 12, 2021, and during the celebration of National Native American Heritage Month, the new Bombyx Center for Arts & Equity, hosted a special event during its inaugural season, bringing for the first time in this new venue, Native American & Hip Hop artist Supaman. Supaman is Christian Takes Gun Parrish. He is a member of the Apsáalooke Nation in Montana. As Supaman his musical career started in 2005 by putting together dance, hip hop lyricism, and music, by blending both, Native American, and hip hop sound elements, into a way of expressing the celebration of life, and a contemporary approach of what culture means for Supaman and his people. During this conversation, we learn about his origins as an artist, the evolution of the hip hop fusion with Native American dance, music, and the representation as contemporary culture, and the importance of learning through an experience like his show for awareness and appreciation of the Native American people. And we also talk about his latest album "Medicine Bundle" its meaning, and the messages embedded in its songs. To learn more about Supaman, his music, shows, and videos, visit supamanhiphop.net Also, you can find him on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. We want to thank Cassandra Holden and Kyle Homstead for their support in making this interview possible. You can visit bombyx.live to learn more about this new center for arts, and get updates of their upcoming events that will feature multiple talents from all over the world.

Gateway City Arts is coming back!! We are celebrating the good news shared by Vitek Kruta and Lori Divine, co-directors and founders of Gateway City Arts, that they have formed a partnership with DSP Shows and this will allow a return to activities for the multicultural complex. One of them was Gateway City Arts, that in December 2020 announced they would not be able to return to operations after being hit by the closure of its whole complex due to the pandemic and the restrictions that came with it. We wanted to share the details of the good news of GCA coming back, and join the moving force of what it will be a re-emerged Gateway City Arts, with a focus on arts, food, community oriented events, the Small Works Gallery, more intimate concerts, theater, classes, etc. After a year of changes in our lives due to the pandemic, we have lost not only too many lives, but businesses, spaces, and venues. So these news are worth of sharing and celebrating. The magic and spirit of GCA continues!

On this session, we welcome jazz musician and composer, Felipe Salles. We talked about The New Immigrant Experience, a recording release that represents a strong testament to the presence, experience, and inspiration by the lives of "Dreamers". Dr. Felipe Salles who emigrated from Brazil to the United States, has served as a Professor of Jazz and African-American Music Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst since 2010, and is a 2018 Guggenheim Foundation Composition Fellow, among many other accolades. We talked about the immigrant experience in his own life learnings, as well as the experiences from others, especially the "Dreamers" on whom is based his latest recording project. Felipe Salles and the Interconnections Ensemble, a 19-piece ensemble, will have a concert at the Academy of Music Theatre in a live-streamed performance of the New Immigrant Experience on April 24, 2021. Also, a panel discussion with composer Felipe Salles and activist Dreamers, will precede the musical experience for an expanded context. For tickets to Felipe Salles and The New Immigrant Experience you can visit thirdrow.live To learn more about Felipe Salles, you can visit his website: https://www.sallesjazz.com/

[INTERVIEW IN SPANISH] Recibimos con mucho orgullo a la cantante y compositora mexicana, Magos Herrera. Reconocida en la escena internacional de la música por su expresiva interpretación vocal, Magos se manifiesta musicalmente dentro de diferentes vertientes sonoras que se entrelazan en el espectro del jazz. En esta conversación con Magos, hablamos sobre su trayectoria, su vida artística en la ciudad de Nueva York, la experiencia multicultural, la identidad, así como los detalles del concierto que estará ofreciendo el 17 de abril en el Teatro Academy of Music, en Northampton, Massachusetts. Este concerto virtual, ofrecerá la oportunidad de escuchar a Magos desde cualquier punto en el mundo de forma virtual, a la vez que la audiencia podrá ser vista en el escenario por Magos y los músicos, gracias a la inventiva producción de ThirdRow.Live y Laudable Productions. Para asistir a este concierto que celebra a las mujeres y también ocurre durante la celebración en Estados Unidos del mes de la apreciación del jazz, puede visitar: Thirdrow.live Para conocer más sobre el trabajo artístico de Magos Herrera y escuchar la música de sus nueve álbumes, puede visitar: magosherrera.com

This is our conversation with Chilean jazz vocalist, songwriter, and arranger, Claudia Acuña. With the beginning of March as Women's History Month, and her virtual concert on March 6th, part of the International Women Rising Festival presented by Thirdrow.live and produced by Laudable.Productions, we talk about her background, and the inspiration to pursue a career as a singer and artist. This is an interview in both languages, English and Spanish.

We are celebrating a virtual holiday, and this session has a special guest: a singer-writer, entrepreneur, and a talented multi-cultural artist who represents Turkey and New York. She is Sinem Saniye, and under her artistic name Saniyé, she shared a moment after a virtual show, to talk about her musical work, artist support and networking, her efforts to amplify women in the arts, music and performance, and she shares with is a very special acoustic version of her latest song "Baby, It's Still Christmas".

October 31, 2020. Attack Bear Press founders, Jason Montgomery and Alex Woolner share their thoughts and the process behind the creation of the 2nd Holyoke Community Ofrenda 2020 to honor the Day of the Dead, and at the same time, create a space to acknowledge, honor, and remember the lives lost during 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For the second year, the Readywipe Gallery in Holyoke hosted the space for an indoor installation, featured on this video, and also an outdoor setting for the community ofrenda that was built to create a space for remembrance, for celebration of life, and to bring indigenous, mexican, and latinx people together, and share this meaningful ceremony with the community as an educational opportunity to learn about the Day of the Dead, that is celebrated in Mexico, and other Latin American communities on November 1st and 2nd of every year. Also, The Wistariahurst Museum placed a giant screen at their garden, where these images were projected in real time as this live broadcasting was made, allowing the public to see from a remote location, what was happening at the Readywipe Gallery.

In this virtual session, we welcome Anne Thalheimer, Treasurer of the Holyoke Local Cultural Council, who shared with us the details of the currently open season for grants proposals for 2021. Due to the impact of COVID-19, the deadline has been moved to December 14, 2020, and you can submit your proposal online visiting https://mcc.smartsimple.com/s_Login.jsp The HLCC encourages individuals and organizations to apply for financial support through its annual grant program which is part of a statewide grant program administered by the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC). All the information regarding the Holyoke Local Cultural Council is available online at https://www.mass-culture.org/holyoke

After an unexpected hiatus due to COVID-19, here we are. Radioplasma is back in the cyber-ether. We return to our conversations and randomness, with a session and a story of resilience, adaptation, and a reminder of self care, with Iréne I-Shea Shaikly, emcee, poet, percussionist, dancer, singer, actress, youth worker, and educator. On this session we talked about Iréne's process and adaptation through COVID-19, the experiences of a trip to Senegal that inspired some of her most recent musical work with the Lost Tribe. A song titles "Say Their Names"

Betsayda Machado y su Parranda el Clavo, se presentaron en Gateway City Arts en Holyoke, el 1 de marzo. Después de una cálida y energética sesión musical, Betsayda nos brindó unos momentos para conversar sobre su trabajo musical, así como algunos detalles de los instrumentos de la cultura musical de Venezuela y una pieza teatral que esperamos poder disfrutar en el futuro.

Produced in partnership with Holyoke Media. On March 5th, 2020, Dr. Stephen Mahoney, Executive Principal at Holyoke High School, met with students, teachers, parents, school committee members, and community members, to listen to their feedback on the implementation of this policy. This meeting continued showing the different angles of how the random searches policy seems to be creating more problems than solutions, and it brought some moments of tension, and statements worth of scrutiny regarding data, research, and consistency in the reasons for the implementation of a random search policy. This second public meeting was held at the Tea Room in the Holyoke High School Dean Campus, and had the participation of students of both campuses of Holyoke High, teachers, school committee members from wards 1, 2, and 3, students from Smith College and UMass, the Pa’Lante Restorative Justice Program, and Ethnic Studies, among partners and members of the community. Dr. Mahoney opened the session with a timeline of the events that led to the implementation of this policy, followed by questions from the attending public, that started with a focus on medication. Dr. Mahoney announced he will be conducting lunch meetings with students, in order to continue gathering input on this matter, however he didn’t provide a specific date for when those meeting would happen. This audio recording captures the dialog between Holyoke High principal, and the attending audience, from the moments of the medication discussion, until the conclusion of the meeting.