Programa especializado en los sonidos de garage, surf, frat rock y revivals.
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The Latin American History Podcast aims to tell the story of Spanish and Portuguese America from its very beginnings up until the present day. Latin America’s history is home to some of the most exciting and unbelievable stories of adventure and exploration, and this podcast will tell these stories in all their glory. It will examine colonial society, slavery, and what life was like for the region’s inhabitants during this period. We will look at what caused the wars of independence, how the ...
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En "Los Archivos del Agente Cooper", perteneciente a la red "Escuadrón Seriéfilo", pretenderemos desgranar semana a semana los secretos de la serie Twin Peaks, y adivinar (o recordar si ya lo habéis visto) quién mató a Laura Palmer.
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Política sin censura nace de la parte más ácida, chambona, macondiana y de mal gusto de Colombia; hablamos lo que prensa omite y la gente ya sabe. Sátira política.
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Nuevo episodio dedicado a recordar álbumes que cumplen medio siglo en 2025. Cuatro discos echamos a la marmita; “Horses” de Patti Smith y “Go girl crazy” de The Dictators, debuts de ambos y primeros artefactos de la emergente escena de Nueva York en aquellos tiempos. Desde Inglaterra llega “Bolanb’s Zip Gun” de T-Rex y desde Dublín llega “Fighting”…
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“Magnífico Boogaloo” (Vampisoul) es un doble álbum que recopila 22 canciones lanzadas entre 1965 y 1975 por la disquera peruana MAG. Piezas de boogaloo y otros estilos hermanos que dieron forma a la escena peruana de sonidos latinos conectados con el Caribe y Nueva York. Playlist (todas las canciones de “Magnífico Boogaloo”); (sintonía) PANCHO ACOS…
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Miramos por el retrovisor y echamos a la marmita álbumes y singles que cumplen 10 años en este 2025 y cuyas canciones quedaron grabadas en las paredes de este Sótano. (Foto del podcast; Teri Gender Bender de Le Butcherettes) Playlist; (sintonía) THE DEAD ROCKS “Surf explosao” JD McPHERSON “Let the good times roll” THE BELLFURIES “Bad seed sown” HOL…
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El sótano - No es lo que yo quiero, sino lo que tú tienes - 11/02/25
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1:00:05Cocinamos un episodio de novedades que arranca con un pildorazo de The Woggles y acaba recordando a Carl Perkins con NRB. Entre medias hay hueco para exaltar la estupenda actuación que dieron Los Imposibles rememorando con secciones de vientos y cuerdas el “Marygold Garden”. (Foto del podcast; Carl Perkins y NRBQ en 1980, 11 años después de grabar …
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Zack Keim, joven músico de Pittsburgh al que conocimos al frente de los garageros Nox Boys, lanza en solitario “Battery Lane” (Action Weekend), una estupenda colección de canciones de pop luminoso y positivo. Playlist; JONATHAN RICHMAN “It’s you” (1986) Disco destacado ZACK KEIM “Battery lane” ZACK KEIM “Canyon” ZACK KEIM “Washington D.C.” P.M. WAR…
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Latin America's independence was a long and drawn out affair, involving multiple decades of war to achieve. It also, bizarrely, happened almost by accident. In today's episode we look at the causes behind the biggest change in Latin America since colonisation began, as well as the men who waged the campaign against Spain. We also examine the very d…
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Una sesión de bolsillo de efecto quitapenas y absolutamente desprejuiciada a la hora de mezclar estilos o de juntar clásicos con rarezas y frikadas: aquí vale todo mientras nos haga disfrutar. Playlist; (sintonía) MATORRALMAN “Destrampada” MESSER FÜR FRAU MÜLLER “Supersonic vibrator” THE CRAMPS “Let’s get fuck up” BUCK NAKED and THE BARE BOTTOM BOY…
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El sótano - Iggy Pop; Live at Montreux Jazz Festival 2023 - 06/02/25
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1:00:06El 6 de julio de 2023, Iggy Pop regresó por tercera vez al Festival de Jazz de Montreux. Actuó en el Auditorio Stravinski respaldado por una banda de siete músicos y el concierto fue grabado y filmado por el equipo del Festival siendo ahora editado por la disquera alemana Ear Music. Iggy Pop ya había cumplido los 75 años, lo que no le impidió segui…
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Nuevo episodio de esta serie en donde rescatamos singles que llegaron a su puesto más alto en las listas pop de EEUU en este mismo mes de hace 60 años. Playlist; (sintonía) THE VENTURES “Diamond head” (top 70) THE RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS “You’ve lost that lovin feelin” (top 1) GARY LEWIS and THE PLAYBOYS “The diamond ring” (top 1) THE KINKS “All day and…
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Nuestro paseo semanal por la huerta ibérica en busca de novedades nos deja un menú sonoro de lo más variopinto. (Foto del podcast; Juárez) Playlist; GO CACTUS “Lo de siempre” THEE NAMESHAKES “Baila con Merlucifer” LOS MALINCHES “Bionicos” QUÉ DIOS TE LO PAGUE “Qué Dios te lo pague” THE BANK ROBBERS “I fooled the devil” HOMBRE LOBO INTERNACIONAL “Th…
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Abrimos con un clásico de T-Rex y cerramos con un recuerdo a la fallecida Marianne Faithfull. Entre medias una selección de novedades y próximos lanzamientos que pasan por el debut en solitario de Murat (guitarrista de Daddy Long Legs) a la nueva y sorprendente aventura de Myriam Swanson. Playlist; T.REX “20the Century boy” (1973) 20TH CENTURY BOYS…
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Having broken from the previous chronological format of this podcast, one of things I have been thinking about is the potential lack of context for subsequent episodes. This then, is a series which provides a very rough overview of the major events and ideas which shaped Latin America from the end of the conquests to the present day. Hopefully it w…
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El sótano - Favoritas del mes - 31/01/25
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1:00:44Unas cuantas novedades y lanzamientos favoritos presentados en el mes que termina. (Foto del podcast; The Limiñanas) Playlist; (sintonía) NESTOR PARDO “Rory my favourite bird” RAUNCHY “Gone” CLEAN LINES “Nuisance” LOS PEPES “Paradise” THE THINGZ “Dressed in rags” WALTER DANIELS and THE DEL VALLE TRUSTEES “Demon bacon ball” THE ALLNIGHTERS “Big brot…
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Ya está en la calle el número 9 de “Palmeras y Puros”, magazine exótico dedicado a la cultura tiki, el cómic, el rock’n’roll, la ilustración y el hedonismo. Una vez más tan suculenta publicación viene acompañada del no menos sabroso recopilatorio “Guateque Taboo”, con 24 bandas de catacumba y todos los sonidos que nos gustan en este Sótano. Playlis…
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El sótano - Aguaturbia, Los Syn, Limiñanas, Violet Mindfield, Gary Louris,... - 29/01/25
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1:00:09Arrancamos con los chilenos Aguaturbia, su debut de 1970 -reeditado por Munster- es una de las obras más reconocidas del primer rock psicodélico de su país. También en Chile se formaron Los Syn, cuatro adolescentes de EEUU desplazados por el trabajo de sus padres que montaron un grupo de garage que grabó un único y cotizado single que reedita la ca…
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El sótano - Cosecha ibérica; Néstor Pardo, Rambalaya, Enrique Bastante,... - 28/01/25
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1:00:13Comenzamos el paseo por la huerta ibérica en A Coruña, con el último trabajo de Nestor Pardo, “Dauphine St Blues”, y su maestría rescatando las técnicas y el sonido del blues folk de tiempos pretéritos. Entre muchas novedades recordamos al fallecido Enrique Bastante, con su primera banda de comienzos de los 80, Flash Strato, y su última aventura ba…
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El sótano - Las Mosquitas; pioneras argentinas del beat - 27/01/25
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1:00:13Las Mosquitas fueron el primer grupo argentino de chicas que tocaban sus propios instrumentos. Lanzaron su primer y único álbum en 1965 y se convirtieron en una de las grandes sensaciones del momento, girando por toda Sudamérica y editando en EEUU o España. Tras su separación su material nunca fue reeditado y pasaron al olvido. El sello Guerssen Re…
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El sótano - Demoler! Demoler! Demoler! - 23/01/25
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1:00:07“Demoler! Demoler! Demoler!” (Munster Records), disco de homenaje a Rebeca Llave, fundadora en 1965 de Disperú. Con solo 17 años esta mujer fundó la primera disquera independiente de Perú, hogar de los legendarios Los Saicos y de otras muchas bandas y artistas que encontraron ahí su primera oportunidad para lanzar sus discos. Por su parte Discos Qu…
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Formados en Lawrence, estado de Kansas, en los albores de los años 80, el trío Get Smart! Lanzó en 1984 un estupendo álbum de post punk que permanece entre las joyitas de la escena alternativa de aquellos días. Un disco que 40 años después ha sido reeditado por el sello Beat Generation. Suenan novedades y anunciamos giras como las de The Loved Ones…
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El sótano - Cosecha ibérica; Los Imposibles, Exfan, Lobos Negros, Micky and the Buzz,.. - 21/01/25
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“Marigold garden”, editado originalmente en 1994, es uno de los discos que convierten a Los Imposibles en un grupo sin par aunque muchos todavía no lo sepan. Una colección de coloridas canciones de pop, soul y psicodelia que vuelve a ver la luz gracias a la reedición que lanza Snap Records, y con la que comenzamos este garbeo por la huerta ibérica.…
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La marmita del sótano huele a novedades y comenzamos con el último trabajo de The Cactus Blossoms, el grupo de Minnesota responsable del álbum “Everytime I think about you” que los trae de gira a comienzos de febrero. Suenan adelantos de los próximos discos de los franceses The Limiñanas, versionando a Phil Ochs vía Francoise Hardy, o de Dean Wareh…
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El sótano - Bob Dylan; 50 años de "Blood on the tracks" - 17/01/25
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1:00:06El 20 de enero de 1975 se lanzó “Blood on the tracks”, el 15º álbum de Bob Dylan, uno de los grandes discos del siglo XX. Gestado en plena desintegración de su matrimonio, Dylan regresó en este trabajo a las canciones acústicas y melódicas para juntar una colección de relatos que sirvieron para reflejar el dolor, la tristeza, la pérdida o el arrepe…
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Guatemala is not usually thought of as an oil county, and that is of course, largely because it is not one. Today’s interviewee however, traces the fascinating story of a largely forgotten – and largely unrealised – oil rush which threatened to take place there, based on a resource which wasn’t there – or to put it more precisely – wasn’t there in …
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Today’s story is not about a specific event, but rather an overview of a place which might have been about as far from the forefront of the big events in Latin American history as it is possible to get, yet which saw a succession of bizarre occurrences across its history. Despite being uninhabited for most of human history, this remote atoll has dr…
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Today we have a special interview episode with Marcos Colón about his new book The Amazon in Times of War. The book is a collection of essays which detail Marcos' work in the Amazon rainforest, and chronicle the threats which the region, its people, and its non-human inhabitants face. In the interview we talk about how Brazil's recent political his…
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In the final part of our mini-series on Juan de Onate's time in New Mexico we follow him on his third journey, westwards in search of the Pacific Ocean, and then look at his fate and that of his colony. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/b…
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Onate faces the first real resistance to his colony, and takes it badly. The Acoma massacre is probably the event of his conquests for which he is most well known. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcir…
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Today we start a three part series on the conquest of New Mexico. In this first episode we introduce Juan de Onate - the conquistador tasked with incorporating the territory into the Spanish empire, and follow him through the deserts of northern Mexico. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/exclusive-con…
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In the second and final part of our mini-series on Mesoamerican food, we look at how West Africa, the USA, and the rest of Latin America have influenced the region's cuisine. Then, we look at drinks. Everyone and everything from protectionist tax laws and Filipino immigrants to Russian religious sects and smuggler-priests have played a role in the …
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The food of Mesoamerica (Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras) is perhaps the best in all of Latin America. In part one of two on the history of the region's cuisine, we look at how indigenous and European influences combined to create such a deep food culture. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcas…
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Today we look at a concept known as the black legend. There is no question that the Spanish conquests of Latin America were bloody affairs, and that conquest as a whole is not exactly pleasant. There is however a school a thought which argues that the Spanish were vilified for geo-political reasons, often hypocritically by those doing the vilifying…
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In this second and final part about the kingdom of the Itza, we tell the story of how it was conquered. Involved is an ambitious Spanish governor, some unauthorized diplomacy, and a recreation of the assault on Tenochtitlan Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: ht…
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In remote northern Guatemala is a beautiful old city built onto an island. The shores of the lake which surrounds it are peppered with unexcavated Maya ruins. Almost two centuries after the fall of the Aztec, a transplanted Maya kingdom ruled from this island, unmolested by the Spanish empire which had taken over most of the rest of the continent. …
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In 1695 Scotland decided to have a go at the new world colonisation which seemed to be benefiting its neighbours so much. They settled on Panama as they place to do it and almost the whole country was involved in funding the scheme. The story of the Darien colony would have a profound impact on the country - one which continues to define Scotland t…
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In 1911 American explorer Hiram Bingham stumbled upon the lost city of Machu Picchu - forgotten since it was abandoned by the Inca centuries before. That's the story at least, the reality is much more complex. Could he have done it without the help of Peruvians? Was he really the first outsider to get there? And what does it really mean for a ruin …
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A wave of disease is spreading, leading to the implementation of a vaccination campaign. Some among the population are suspicious and take to the streets to make their opposition clear. This story did not take place during the recent pandemic however, this episode is about an obscure uprising which took place in 20th century Brazil. Support this po…
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This is just a quick message to give an update a few changes I am planning to make to the podcast. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyPor Max Serjeant
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In the second part of our look at Latin America's musical traditions we examine the role that music plays in some fascinating indigenous traditions. We also see how European waltz and even medieval troubadour culture came to influence the sound of the region. Finally I talk about some of my favourite Latin artists making music today. Support this p…
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To celebrate the 100th episode of the Latin American History Podcast, today we have a special episode (the first of two parts) on Latin American music. In this one we look at the significant contribution made by Latin America's Afro-descended populations on many of the region's genres. We discuss some of the musical techniques used in genres such a…
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It has been quite a while since we looked at what was happening in Spain and Portugal, and while they have not often been directly relevant to the story of Latin America, things are about to change. In this episode we look at the contemporary kings of Iberia and why, although their reigns did saw huge growth in their New World empires, they general…
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In 1555 the Kingdom of France took the dramatic step of attempting to colonise Brazil. This was the first time that a non-Iberian nation had challenged Portuguese and Spanish hegemony on the continent and would set a precedent which would later be followed by other European powers. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-…
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Hugo Wong's book 'America's Lost Chinese' tells the fascinating - and often forgotten - story of a group of Chinese emigrees who made a home for themselves, first in California and then Mexico. It is a story which spans the full spectrum of human experience – involved in it are meetings with presidents and successful business ventures, but also rev…
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In the final part of our series on the conquest of Chile, the conquering stops and a long drawn-out war begins. This will begin a pattern which will continue to the present day, as the Mapuche people fiercely resist outside incursions. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising I…
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The next phase of Valdivia's campaign was one of expansion. Things were going well, and new settlements were founded. It wasn't all easy however, he faced internal dissension and difficult weather slowed his progress. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://…
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After all his difficulties preparing for his expedition, Valdivia was finally ready to march down into central Chile. While what he found there wasn't as inhospitable as his countrymen back in Peru believed it to be, it wasn't easy either. The first years of his new colony were a constant struggle to survive as setbacks came from every direction. S…
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Today we start a series on the conquest of Chile. In today's episode we introduce the main protagonists, and the difficulties preparing for a venture which most Spaniards thought was madness. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Priva…
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Almost at the same time that Miguel de Buria was founding his brief free kingdom, another man was doing the same in Panama. Bayano would prove to be even more of a problem for the Spanish than his counterpart in Venezuela. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-latin-american-history-podcast/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: htt…
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Today's episode is an interview with Camilla Townsend about her new book The Aztec Myths. In it we discuss the origins of the Aztec, the workings of their calendar, the codices which provide us with a vital insight into the Aztec world, and how Aztec religious practices were impacted by Christianity after the conquest. The book can be pre-ordered h…
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By 1550 the slave trade had begun to form an important part of Spain's imperial economy, and increasing numbers of people were being imported to work in its plantations and mines. Where there are slaves however, there is resistance and in Venezuela a group managed to break free and form their independent settlement. This is the story of Miguel de B…
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After wasting a lot of time and money following rumours of riches and precious metals, De Coronado had a choice to make - go home, try to make the best of what he had found, or set off on another wild goose chase. The link to the article about the new research into De Coronado's route: https://knowridge.com/2024/02/scientists-discover-possible-coro…
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