— Catalina Maria Johnson

International radio broadcaster, music curator, writer

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Mr. Pauer (Toto González) has been nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Alternative  Album! I chatted with him for Gozamos at the LAMC this year. Mr. Pauer (from the Spanglish version of “power”), a Miami-based producer and re-mixer from Venezuela, is considered one of the pioneers in Latin electronica for what he calls “Electrotropical” mixes, irresistible musical concoctions. [...]

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Qué es lo que hace que una artista sea extraordinaria? Es una mezcla casi mágica de talento, inteligencia, carisma, originalidad. Y Rita Indiana lo tiene to’.

What makes an artist extraordinary? Definitively one of the interviews I was happiest to have done at the Latin Alternative Music Conference.

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Who would you vote for?
El voto tuyo, ¿para quién sería?

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Video playlist of 9 Chilean bands showcasing this year
De Chile, 9 cantantes/grupos musicales que se presentan este año

Nice selection of immigrant songs on NPR´s alt.latino! We are built by the strengths from many lands, and it is an experience we have been singing about for a long time. Una linda selección de canciones sobre la inmigración en alt.latino en NPR. Check out also Beat Latino’s hour special on immigrant nations songs, made [...]

Excelente programa nuevo en NPR esta semana, en entrevista con Andrea Echeverri, nos presenta a las mujeres roqueras de las Américas. Pude escuchar las divas de siempre como Mercedes Sosa, o algunas nuevas divas en potencia que voy descubriendo, como Camila Morena. Check out the new alt.latino NPR show, this week´s interview with Andrea Echeverri [...]