Today’s Mambo is all about the Cuban song genre ‘bolero’. Over the next hour, you’ll hear different Latino musicians such as Beny More, Daniel Santos en Omara Portuendo play ‘bolero’ music.
Boleros have been around for a very long time. Around 1880, there were buskers who played ballads with nonsense lyrics. They were called boleristas.
The bolero emerged primarily in the 1920s, when many musicians moved from Santiago to the capital city of Havana. During that time, the bolero evolved into how we know it today. Especially in the 1950s, the genre reached its peak.
We’ll kick off this 56th edition of Mambo with a bolero by the renowned Buena Vista Social Club (pictured above). This band, which has often delighted Dutch audiences, will appear again later this hour, with the song Veinte Aňos.
Playlist
1 Dos Gardenias
Buena Vista Social Club
2 Como Fué
Beny More
3 Algo de Ti
Vincentico Valdes
4 Nos Estamos Alejando
Miguelito Cuny
5 Locamente Enamorado
Bobby Capó
6 Mala
Daniel Santos
7 Mi Pobre Amor
Hermanos Lago
8 Si me comprendieras-Dime en que momento
Caridad Cuervo & Orquesta Pachito Alonso
9 Si Te Contara
Gina León & Orquesta Adalberto Alvarez
10 Veinte Aňos
Omara Portuendo
11 Veinte Aňos
Buena Vista Social Club
12 Franqueza Cruel
Cheo Felciano
13 To be With You
Jimmy Sabater & Joe Cuba Sextet
14 Soy Tan Feliz
Yoland Rivera & La Sonora Ponceňa
15 Days of Wine & Roses
Bobby Rodriguez y la Compaňia
16 Alma con Alma
Tito Puente & his Latin Ensemble
17 Inolvidable
Humberto Ramirez
