Fernando Otero

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Fernando Otero on 'Romance'

Friday, March 08, 2013

Pianist and composer Fernando Otero was born in Argentina, and the sounds of tango and South American folk music echo throughout his works. The Latin Grammy winner has a new album out called Romance -- we hear some of it live. 

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Gibson's Lady Luthiers of World War II; Fernando Otero In Studio

Friday, March 08, 2013

In this episode: When women stepped up to fill manufacturing jobs left behind by soldiers during World War II, the guitar industry was no exception. We talk with the author of Kalamazoo Gals: A Story of Extraordinary Women & Gibson's "Banner" Guitars of World War II -- and with one of the women profiled in the book.

Plus: Grammy-winning Argentine pianist and composer Fernando Otero performs live in our studio. 

And: Time Out New York's Sophie Harris shares some new music that's caught her ear recently.

Fernando Otero

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Argentinean pianist Fernando Otero comes from a family of artists – his father was an actor and his mother and grandmother were famous opera singers. So he decided early that we wanted to be a musician, as long as tango had something to do with it. He joins us to ...

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The Relevance of Reggaeton

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Five years ago, Puerto Rican politicians criticized reggaeton music as base and immoral. Today the music has become the soundtrack of the nation and is studied in the halls of academia. On today’s show: we look at the poetry and politics inside the Caribbean hip-hop genre known as reggaeton. Also: ...