{"id":20984,"date":"2023-12-10T15:29:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-10T15:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=20984"},"modified":"2023-12-10T15:29:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-10T15:29:47","slug":"bongo-joe-records-to-release-new-compilation-merengue-tipico-nueva-generacion-in-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=20984","title":{"rendered":"Bongo Joe Records to release new compilation <em>Merengue T\u00edpico : Nueva Generaci\u00f3n !<\/em> in February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-20985\" src=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Merengue-Tipico-Nueva-Generacion-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Merengue T\u00edpico : Nueva Generaci\u00f3n !<\/em> is the new compilation set for release on February 9th by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bongojoe.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bongo Joe Records<\/a>, exploring Dominican merengue produced from the late \u201860s to early \u201870s. The compilation features gems from pioneering female icons and revolutionary musical virtuosos, all sourced by Belgian vinyl connoisseur and compiler Xavier Daive AKA Funky Bompa. &#8220;This collection showcases blazing technical finesse and the non-stop, high-speed danceable rhythms that still mark the style today&#8221;, as the press release describes. &#8220;But although the music flies by at a pace that barely leaves time to catch one\u2019s breath, it is also supremely catchy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We can already hear a taste from <em>Merengue T\u00edpico : Nueva Generaci\u00f3n !<\/em> with the first peppy single &#8216;Ca\u00f1a Brava&#8217; by Fefita La Grande, an iconic and prolific accordionist and singer who began performing at the age of 9. Originally composed in the late 1920s as an ad commisions for a rum distillery, &#8216;Ca\u00f1a Brava&#8217; is a staple merengue song and you can listen to it below.<iframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2675729779\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=de270f\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/track=2352764644\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lesdisquesbongojoe.bandcamp.com\/album\/merengue-tipico-nueva-generacion\">Merengue Tipico : Nueva Generacion ! de Les Disques Bongo Joe<\/a><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Merengue T\u00edpico : Nueva Generaci\u00f3n ! is the new compilation set for release on February 9th by Bongo Joe Records, exploring Dominican merengue produced from the late \u201860s to early \u201870s. The compilation features gems from pioneering female icons and revolutionary musical virtuosos, all sourced by Belgian vinyl connoisseur and compiler Xavier Daive AKA Funky [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20985,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[3075,3074],"class_list":["post-20984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-fefita-la-grande","tag-merengue-tipico-nueva-generacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20984"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20988,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20984\/revisions\/20988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}