PRX's Afropop Worldwide Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month 2023

Enjoy lively music videos of these classic songs from the maestros of cumbia, bachata, bugalú, and Cuba’s Beny Moré , and Puerto Rico’s Ismael Rivera.

Videos September 18, 2023

Produced by Afropop Worldwide’s Executive Producer Sean Barlow in collaboration with Afropop Worldwide’s expert field producers—Ned Sublette, Marlon Bishop, and Alex Wolfe—we focus on the awesome music of the Afro-Latin world. These songs are featured in Afropop Worldwide’s specially curated four-part selection of historically based programs designed to help stations—carrying and non-carrying—celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept. 15–Oct. 15) and some of the outstanding musical moments of the pan-Latin world, north and south of the border. Contact your PRX rep to pick up this series at no cost. Time’s a-wasting! Favorite Barackaism: “Si, se puede!” Si, como no? Binge ahoy! You can also find this info on afropop.org. Now maestro, roll tape… Bad Bunny w/Drake, "Mia" (Puerto Rico and Canada) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OSUxrSe5GbI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Luis Vargas, "Veneno" (Dominican Republic) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fceIDa-DL68" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Ismael Rivera, "Quitate De La Via Perico" (Puerto Rico) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/E_X0_kzTKNI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Pete Rodriguez Orchestra, "I Like It Like That" (A Mi Gusta Asi) (U.S.) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PDJY4OzgTWs" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Ray Barretto, "The Soul Drummers" (U.S.) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/eTXU_q651BQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Beny Moré y Su Banda Gigante, "Santa Isabel" (Cuba) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/j1214pCa55A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Ismael Rivera, "Me Negrita Me Espera" (Puerto Rico) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/nhnHsG9HHms" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Celso Pina, "Cumbia Poder" (Mexico) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/UwUng63HyuA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Los Wawanco, "Chacalon" (Peruvian chi cha music) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/gzPUTieMwd0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Africando, "Ya Ye Boy" (Senegal and U.S.) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-lyh4YZo8X4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Joe Cuba, "Bang Bang" (U.S.) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-MH-Zd7qiLo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Olatunji, "Engine Room" (Trinidad) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/RtVItYsnGnM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Sabo & Casady, "La Carura" (Cuba) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/PZOaSX1uT_A" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Antony Santos, "Voy Pa'lla" (Dominican Republic) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/F-GGqTbO_JQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Joanito Soriano, "Que Pasara Manyana" (Dominican Republic) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/V24MVa7AV1c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> <ol></ol> Africando, "Donni Donni" (Senegal and U.S.) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/-MH-Zd7qiLo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Orchestre Baobab, "Utrus Horas" (Senegal) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/m4yFmRNcX3I" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> A.B. Quintanila III and Kumbia All Stars, "Pachuco" (Texas) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/dL_P4xZqbq8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Chacalon y La Nueva Crema, "A Trabajar" (Peru) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/Zye5SyNNCm8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Alex Cumbe , "Fui Fua" (Haiti/Dominican Republic) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OYl9uB1EGZA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Luis Vargas (Dominican Republic), "El Macho" <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/vPjji17tDYg" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Gilberto Cruz (Puerto Rico), "Chanchullo" <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rDrJ9uQjYug" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Johnny Colon, "Bugalu Blues" (U.S.) <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qXQm-QzJ7ig" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Beny Moré (Cuba), "Francisco Guayabal" <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/c06zUgPuFxI" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Luis Vargas (Dominican Republic), "El Tomate" <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/fceIDa-DL68" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Perez Prado (Cuba), "Babarabtiri" <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/3oDMw-s7mAA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Orchestre Baobab (Senegal), "Warente Serigne" <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/yXiFcVs5iyk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Stalin (Trinidad), "Black Man Feeling to Party" <figure><iframe loading="lazy" width="500" height="281" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/0zOqmG1Sfck" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></figure> Stay in touch with musical developments in Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America, and Europe through afropop.org, where you can also sign up for our weekly Afropop e-newsletter. And subscribe to the Afropop Worldwide podcast stream to hear our new, twice-monthly Planet Afropop podcast for interviews, field reports, and lively discussions of new music, emerging artists, and much more.