Cándido Camero, Latin Jazz Pioneer, Turns 99

Cándido Camero, Latin Jazz Pioneer, Turns 99

By Felix Contreras – NPR.org – Photo: Tom Pich | National Endowment for the Arts. Photo: Cuban percussionist Cándido Camero turned 99 years young this month. Cándido Camero, who turned 99 years old on April 22, was there in the room as Cuban and Puerto...
On The Border With Maybelle Carter And Lydia Mendoza

On The Border With Maybelle Carter And Lydia Mendoza

By Deborah Vargas – NPR.org – Video Capture: YouTube. Imagine, if you will, being a listener to a radio station on the U.S.-Mexico border in 1939. You would likely be listening to XERA, a radio station broadcast from Cuidad Acuña, Coahuila, Mexico, across...