http://beatlatino.s3.amazonaws.com/Songs%20for%20the%20Orishas_Beat%20Latino%20with%20Catalina%20Maria%20Johnson.mp3 Download this Episode of Beat Latino (MP3) This week’s Beat Latino spends time with a special kind of Cuban music, both within and outside of the island — songs inspired by the Yoruban Orishas – saints-spirits-deities that intercede between humans and the divine and who are invoked and honored by song, dance and drumming. Beat Latino shares a selection of songs that reference this beautiful and musical spirituality transplanted from Africa to the Americas, created by musicians from Miami to Havana and beyond in the Caribbean. Enjoy!   Feature photo: Daymé Arocena, courtesy of the artist, by Casey Moore

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Yoruba soy	Pedro Martinez	Slave to Africa.	Intoxicate Records	2006	05:00
Bangah	Ifé	Pico y palo.	Discos Ifá	2017	04:20
Eleggua	Daymé Arocena	Cubafonía.	Brownswood Recordings	2017	03:00
Prayer a Yemaya	Las guitarras de España	Ida y vuelta.	Novo Records	2011	04:09
Yemaya	Telmary	Libre.	L’Essentiel De Cuba	16	:37
Olokun y Yemaya.	Quetzal	The eternal Getdown		2017	06:16
Yemaya	Alfredo Rodriguez / Ibeyi	Tocororo.	Mack Avenue	2016	03:42
Yemaya	Todo Mundo	Conexión.	Todo Mundo	2013	03:39
Invocando a Chango	Lecuona cuban boys	Rumbas Cubanas (1935-1939).	Cosmo Distribution	2016	02:27
Obatalá y Chango	Raúl Lara y sus soneros	Cubano soy.	Raúl Lara Y Sus Soneros	2014	04:23
Chango	Celia Cruz & Tito Puente	Alma con alma.	Fania	2015	02:54
Elube Changó	La Lupe	Puro Teatro.	Fania	2010	03:52
Yoruba Babalu Aye	Yoruba Andabo	Yoruba Andabo Rumba en la Habana con.	AYVA Musica Producciones S.L.	2006	04:48
Encantamiento yoruba	The Pedrito Martinez group	Habana Dreams.	Motema Music, LLC	2016	02:59
Agua pa’ los santos	PALO!	Yo quiero guarachar.	Rolling Pin Music	2016	08:40