Listen to today’s program for a few selections from her enormous catalog of recordings.

Over one million people jammed into the Plaza of the Revolution to hear the music of Colombia’s Juanes this afternoon. Also slated to take the stage were Spanish guitarist Miguel Bose, Cuban legends Silvio Rodriguez and  Los Van Van, Olga Tanon from Puerto Rico and several others. Juanes organized the concert as a statement of peace, but there was a fair amount of negative talk leading up to the event, including death threats against Juanes. Cuban-American performers like Gloria Estefan, who is critical of the Cuban government,  were invited to perform, but declined.

I understand that when things like this happen, they become political just by their very nature… but why can’t it just be about the music? Boggles the mind….