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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 |