On this bilingual edition of The Geography of Sound, host Federico Pacheco traces how an imported musical language became a distinctly Latin American voice.
The journey travels across more than six decades and several countries, exploring how musicians transformed rock through their own poetry, politics, rhythms, cities and cultural identities. English and Spanish complement each other throughout the program, reflecting a musical movement that crossed borders without losing its local character.
Rock learned to speak Spanish—but Latin America gave it something much more important: something to say.
Listen Thursday, August 13, 2026, at 12:00 PM on KOOP Radio 91.7 FM in Austin or stream worldwide at koop.org. Hosted by Federico Pacheco.