Interview of Roberto Burgos

Play 1 [3'43] : Roberto Burgos, a true aficionado of Latin music.
Extract : "Soy Tan Felix" by Ricardo Ray.

Play 2 [6'17] :Radio Latina, 20 years on the air.
Extract : "Acid" by Ray Barretto.

Play 3 [4'12] :The dictatorship of the ayatollahs of the dance and the moment of truth for the Latin music movement.
Extract : "Cimarroneando Dos" by Orlando Poleo.

Play 4 [4'12] :The revival of the movement via fusion or pop?
Extract : "Dimelo" by Marc Anthony.

All extracts taken from "Salsa à La Coupole" © Sony 2002

 


Chilean by birth, Panamanian by adoption, Roberto Burgos is the voice of Radio Latina, Paris' tropical radio station. Renowned workaholic for the promotion of Latin music and culture, we caught up with him in between two interviews at the Latina Cafe to discover the man behind the voice and his vision of Paris Latino.

Interview by Marushka, Paris April 2002