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Every hour of Beat Latino explores a particular musical concept with songs and rhythms from all over Latin America and Spain.This hour’s selection highlights the work of Latin American and Spanish poets that has been set to song.

¡Palabra y ritmo! Never has poetry been quite this danceable! The selections span the range from the poems of the 16th century Spanish mystic St. John of the Cross, to Afrocuban versions of pieces written by Miguel Hernandez, who died imprisoned during the Spanish Civil war, to a rock in Spanish version of Gil Scott Heron’s “The Revolution will not be televised”.

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