The Ninth Case of the Pirates' Radio of the Caribbean

Listeners, you may recall my recent case of the Pirates' Radio of the Caribbean for the XRAY FM fall fund drive. Today I have to go back for a double dip because I still have so many good tracks in the queue!

The theme is rootsy cadence and carnival dance sounds that bounced around Central and South America from the 60s through the 80s. We start the show with some acoustic old-timey charm from Cuba and Haiti in the opening set. I turn up the "gusto" through the balance of the first hour, and I feature some rare and fiery "Marinera" singing from the African diaspora in Peru. Highlight of the first hour is the first time Compay Segundo dusted off the classic track "Chan Chan": this soon-to-be hit for the Buena Vista Social Club is performed here along with Pablo Milanes on a 1992 LP release.

The second hour today turns to Brazil, where we again hear regional brilliance from Bahia in the form of forro, carimbo, and siria. We start the second hour with a set of my beloved slow jams, then we build to a boiling finish.

After a couple weeks of modern sounds, it's back to dirty delightful roots music on The Adventures.