La Dame Blanche - Veneno
In Our Headphones15 Syys 2021

La Dame Blanche - Veneno

Cuban vocalist, flautist, and percussionist Yaité Ramos Rodriguez pays tribute to a folkloric legend with her musical moniker La Dame Blanche, or "the white lady" in French. "She doesn’t have a very good reputation but I wanted to pay tribute to her," she explained to French news and current affairs public radio station RFI. "I represent her as black, a mother, with a daily routine just like many other women in the world. People smile when I say I’m the white lady. It’s quite ironic."

The daughter of Jesús 'Aguaje' Ramos, trombonist and bandleader of the Buena Vista Social Club orchestra, La Dame Blanche grew up around music, establishing herself as a classically-trained flautist. With her own music, she combines hip hop, cumbia, reggae, and more to her mastery of the flute.

Today's Song of the Day was inspired by lockdown. She writes on her Bandcamp page, "'Veneno' is one of the many songs I wrote during the pandemic, declaring my despair and the value of a caress, a kiss, a friend." – Janice Headley

Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jaksot(1755)

Tanukichan - Thin Air (feat. Enumclaw)

Tanukichan - Thin Air (feat. Enumclaw)

Tanukichan - “Thin Air (feat. Enumclaw)” from the 2023 album GIZMO on Company Records. Last month, San Francisco-based artist Hannah Van Loon, known better as Tanukichan, released her incredible sopho...

6 Huhti 20233min

Momma - Bang Bang

Momma - Bang Bang

Momma – “Bang Bang,” a 2023 single on Polyvinyl. With their latest single "Bang Bang," Brooklyn-based trio Momma set out to write something provocative. “We wanted to write something lyrically differe...

5 Huhti 20232min

Indigo De Souza - Younger and Dumber

Indigo De Souza - Younger and Dumber

Indigo De Souza- “Younger and Dumber” from the 2023 album All of This Will End on Saddle Creek On today's Song of the Day, Asheville, NC-based artist Indigo De Souza reflects on the insecurities of he...

4 Huhti 20234min

Padre Nostro - Ven Y Mira

Padre Nostro - Ven Y Mira

Ven Y Mira - “Padre Nostro” from the 2023 self-released album Parque de Letras. With today's Song of the Day, Mexico-based quartet Ven y Mira shares a sneak peek at their forthcoming debut full-length...

3 Huhti 20233min

Who Is She? - My My Orca Card

Who Is She? - My My Orca Card

Who Is She? - My My Orca Card a 2023 single on Father/Daughter. Seattle supergroup Who Is She?, made up of Bree McKenna of Tacocat, Robin Edwards AKA Lisa Prank, and Chastity Belt frontwoman Julia Sha...

31 Maalis 20232min

TV Star - In-Between

TV Star - In-Between

TV Star - In-Between from the 2023 album Hallucinate Me on Painter Man. Seattle’s TV Star make desert-tinged neo-psych with nods to The Brian Jonestown Massacre and the Jesus and Mary Chain. Formed in...

30 Maalis 20234min

DEBBY FRIDAY - SO HARD TO TELL

DEBBY FRIDAY - SO HARD TO TELL

DEBBY FRIDAY - "SO HARD TO TELL" from the 2023 album GOOD LUCK on Sub Pop Nigerian-born, Toronto-based artist DEBBY FRIDAY needed some convincing before designating today's Song of the Day as the lead...

29 Maalis 20233min

Model/Actriz - Crossing Guard

Model/Actriz - Crossing Guard

Model/Actriz - Crossing Guard from the 2023 album Dogsbody on True Panther Brooklyn-based band Model/Actriz taps into Greek mythology on today's Song of the Day. The titular "Crossing Guard" is the fi...

28 Maalis 20235min

Suosittua kategoriassa Viihde

tuplakaak
anni-jaajo
grekovit
hei-baby-3
terveisia-perheesta
dear-shirly
antin-palautepalvelu
the-harlin-show
bella-table
antin-elokuvakerho
verhon-takaa
tervo-halme
dear-shirly-ja-arttu
ootsa-kuullut-tasta-2
nonsensepodi
tahtitehdas
get-jassud
everypodi
terkuin-jenna
hollywood-love-stories-2