Felix Contreras

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2,154 appearances 14 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 16 Sep

Felix Contreras’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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NPR Music · Alt.Latino: Electrónica rising in Mexico · 19 Aug 2026 podcast

can see how one song takes on different identities based on the the musician and the culture in the country. voice-verified

So this again we're gonna hear Miguel play that beautiful melody of the song Verdar Amarga. voice-verified

Okay, Mexican composer Consuela Velazquez, remember that name, wrote this in the early 40s, and this is what it sounded like when Mexican vocalist Maria Luisa Landin recorded it shortly after and made it a hit in Mexico. voice-verified

Kind of a big band setup, all that stuff. voice-verified

In Cuba, it sounded like this when Pablo Milanes made a version in the Cuban feeling style. voice-verified

Okay, in Spain, vocalist Martirio recorded a version with the New York jazz trumpeter Jerry Gonzalez. voice-verified

Check this one out. voice-verified

Okay, back here in the good old USA, Linda Ronstadt recorded it on her France C album in 1992. voice-verified

And to show how popular it was in Mexico, the great mariachi singer Antonio Aguilar recorded a mariachi meets banda version. voice-verified

Check this out. voice-verified

Mira, everything that's old is new again. voice-verified

Right? voice-verified

Again, Miguel Zenan and Luis Perdomo have amassed three volumes of these songs. voice-verified

These are songs that like this one here, like we just heard, resonate throughout the Spanish speaking world. voice-verified

The boletos are we're born in Cuba, but they're they're everywhere. voice-verified

And that's an example. voice-verified

This album is just full of these things. voice-verified

And side note, Consuela Velazquez, she wrote Besame mucho también. voice-verified

Oh, okay. voice-verified

Well I'm that shows I didn't speak. voice-verified

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