Programming

This Wednesday we’ll welcome back two New College professors who will talk about the current political situation, both here and abroad. Dr. Frank Alcock is an Associate Professor of Political Science at New College where he has taught courses on world politics, international law, and environmental policy since 2003. Dr. Brendan Goff is an Assistant […]

Eddie Palmieri, 1978 to now, this Friday on LATIN EXPLOSION. My picks include music from “Lucumi, Macumba, Voodoo” (1978), “Eddie Palmieri” (1980) “Sueno” (1989), “Masterpiece” with Tito Puente (2000), “La Perfecta II” (2002), “Listen Here!” (2005), “Sabiduria/Wisdom” (2017) and “Mi Luz Mayor” (2018). No Interview this week, just great cuts! LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday, 7-9am, WSLR […]

4-5-6-7-8   Tuesday December 1st 2020 from 10am until 12pm EST we are presenting Nuestra Música.  We are featuring musical groups formed by 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 artists.  Cuarteto Zupay, Quinteto Contrapunto, Armando Garzon and Quinteto Oriente; Septeto Santiaguero and Buenos Aires 8 among many other groups. Listen live on WSLR 96.5 LP […]

“It is said that, if you lined up all those who have ever been to a Grateful Dead concert head-to-toe, the line would stretch around the moon, and about halfway back. And nobody would complain!” WSLR is slowly coming back with a very sparse number of live studio programmers, albeit with very specific instructions as […]

The Eddie Palmieri years at Coco Records (1971-1975) on the next LATIN EXPLOSION. Top sellers and your favorites “Sentido”, “The Sun of Latin Music”, “Unfinished Masterpiece” and “Live at the University of Puerto Rico” are on the playlist. And a BIG PLUS: Coco Records owner and producer Harvey Averne is going to join us! LATIN […]

“It is said that, if you lined up all those who have ever been to a Grateful Dead concert head-to-toe, the line would stretch around the moon, and about halfway back. And nobody would complain!” WSLR is slowly coming back with a very sparse number of live studio programmers, albeit with very specific instructions as […]

THANK YOU LARRY HARLOW for coming on LATIN EXPLOSION, Friday, Nov 20, 2020. You can catch my interview here https://archive.wslr.org/ “Hommy!”

This Wednesday November 25 at 9am we’ll have as our first guest E. Scott Osborne, President of the UN Women Gulf Coast Chapter. Scott will talk about violence against women and girls. November 25 is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Click HERE to read a great UN report on the […]

HOWDY, Well folks if you haven’t heard it is time for our Spring Fund Drive and we are batting cleanup.  So what I’m gonna need is for you to do is to pack a cooler put, on some comfortable shoes then gather around your radio, computer or car radio.  With one hand on the phone […]

Salsa bandleader LARRY HARLOW, is The Interview! A noted pianist, producer (more than 260 albums for Fania Records) and instrumental in the creation of a Latin Grammy Award. We will be talking about his long career and the history of NYC salsa. Hear selections from Orquesta Harlow’s vast discography including the 1973 album, “Hommy”, a […]