{"id":18738,"date":"2016-05-08T06:53:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-08T10:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=18738"},"modified":"2016-05-08T06:53:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T10:53:48","slug":"may-update-from-the-isle-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/may-update-from-the-isle-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"May Update: From the Isle of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7514\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Cuba.Habana.Malecon.01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7514\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7514\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Cuba.Habana.Malecon.01.jpg\" alt=\"Havana, Cuba (Photo: Wikimedia)\" width=\"700\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Cuba.Habana.Malecon.01.jpg 700w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Cuba.Habana.Malecon.01-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Cuba.Habana.Malecon.01-100x38.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7514\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Havana, Cuba (Photo: Wikimedia)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Bill Tilford, who shares this <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/from-the-isle-of-music-a-new-music-program-on-shortwave\/\">From The Isle of Music<\/a>\u00a0update:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Our<\/strong> <strong>May 10<\/strong> <strong>(May 9 in the Americas)<\/strong> program will feature two special guests with interviews and music:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>1. Cuban Laud (a relative of the lute) master Barbarito Torres, whose prolific career includes the Buena Vista Social Club, but we will be playing some of his wonderful work with songstress Miriam Ramos.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>2. Albertico Lescay, leader of the Cuban Jazz\/Fusion group Formas. NuJazz is a new branch of Jazz in Cuba that we&#8217;ll let him explain to you.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>We&#8217;ll also feature some more of Danzas Para Piano de Ignacio Cervantes.(the musical gift that keeps on giving)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Our May 17 (May 16 in the Americas)<\/strong> program will feature a brief interview with Angel Toirac, pianist of Influencia, and a lot of music by this distinctive Jazz ensemble, We wiill also have some vintage 1970s Cuban Funk from Grupo Monumental, some recent Cuban R &amp; B by Eme, and we&#8217;ll finish the wonderful concert piano album Danzas Para Piano de Ignacio Cervantes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Our May 24<\/strong> <strong>(May 23 in the Americas)<\/strong> features a brief interview with phenomenal Jazz saxophonist Michel Herrera and his music. Also some popular dance music from the 70s by Grupo Monumental, the Timba of Manolito Simonet y su Trabuco, and we are going to begin listening to Popularmente Sinf\u00f3nica Vol II by Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica de Matanzas.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Two listening options on shortwave:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>WBCQ<\/strong>, 7490 KHz, Tuesdays 0000 UTC (8pm EDT Mondays)<\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><strong>Channel 292<\/strong>, 6070 KHz, Tuesdays 1900 UTC (2100 CEST)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fromtheisleofmusic\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\"><em>See our Facebook page, From The Isle of Music, for more information.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Thanks as always for all you do for radio.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Bill Tilford, who shares this From The Isle of Music\u00a0update: Our May 10 (May 9 in the Americas) program will feature two special guests with interviews and music: 1. Cuban Laud (a relative of the lute) master Barbarito Torres, whose prolific career includes the Buena Vista Social Club, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[442,3,43,1167],"tags":[4685,4686,657,658],"class_list":["post-18738","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-bill-tilford","tag-from-the-isle-of-music","tag-wbcq","tag-wbcq-the-planet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-4Se","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18481,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/update-from-the-isle-of-music-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":18738,"position":0},"title":"Update: From the Isle of Music","author":"Thomas","date":"April 22, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Bill Tilford, who shares this From The Isle of Music\u00a0update: Our April 26 (April 25 in the Americas) program will feature special guest Cuban Jazz\/Blues\/Fusion guitarist Hector Quintana, a nominee in the Jazz category in Cubadisco 2015. 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Our April 11 (in the Americas) \/ April 12 (for the rest of the world)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"April11112promo copy copy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/April11112promo-copy-copy-e1460027510728.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/April11112promo-copy-copy-e1460027510728.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/April11112promo-copy-copy-e1460027510728.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":18069,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/update-from-the-isle-of-music-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":18738,"position":2},"title":"Update: From the Isle of Music","author":"Thomas","date":"April 3, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Bill Tilford, who shares this From The Isle of Music\u00a0update: From the Isle of Music can now be heard Tuesdays from 1900-2000 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 KHz, a station in Germany, in addition to Tuesdays 0000 UTC (8-9pm EDT Mondays in the Americas)\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IsleOfMusic","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IsleOfMusic.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IsleOfMusic.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IsleOfMusic.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/IsleOfMusic.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17836,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/update-from-the-isle-of-music-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":18738,"position":3},"title":"Update: From the Isle of Music","author":"Thomas","date":"March 19, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Bill Tilford, who shares this From The Isle of Music\u00a0update: March 21 in the Americas (March 22 in Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania), our very special guest will be Ivan Acosta, leader of the Jazz ensemble Grupo de Cuba Somos in Santiago de Cuba,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ftiomfromomar212016","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ftiomfromomar212016.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ftiomfromomar212016.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/ftiomfromomar212016.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59137,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/last-from-the-isle-of-music-from-wbcq-on-march-3-2024\/","url_meta":{"origin":18738,"position":4},"title":"Last &#8216;From the Isle of Music&#8217; from WBCQ on March 3, 2024","author":"Thomas","date":"February 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Bill Tilford, who notes: The last broadcast of From the Isle of Music from WBCQ The Planet will be March 3 from 2200-2300 UTC on 7490 kHz. 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