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El siguiente poema lo recite como parte de esta lectura de antipoemas organizado por Puntos de Encuentro y El Beisman.

Es una perra

“¡¡¡Grrrrroooaaaar!!!" 
sonaba en mi cabeza 
la sangre se agitaba 
y subía, y subia, y subia
mientras todo a nuestro alrededor ardia

Quizo cortar mi respiración, 
Pero el dolor duro solo una fraccion
Un segundo cuando esa maldita emocion 
Se transformo en una deliciosa desilucion.

Rabiosa, se estremece 
Mientras en la distancia gritan: 

“Duele, duele, 
todo duele, 
todo muere.”

Se acerca para besarme
Y Le muerdo la lengua, 
Mientras mis uñas perforan las palmas de sus manos.
La tensión exagerada de todo su ser,
Le da peso al aire

Y 

como si fuera el fin del mundo 
de repente…
todo esfuma, 
Menos tu.

Juntos, corazónes acelerados, 
Enlazamos dedos
Manos, brazos
como culebras 
Venenosas 
Buscando el momento preciso para 
besssssar

Pero, 
todo ha terminado. Se acabó. 
The end. Llego el final de 
esa ira enloquecida
Esa eterna maldición.

TU me quisiste dar amor!
Que te crees?
Por eso nunca te perdonaré.

¡Nunca!
Maldigo tu amor.
Maldito, maldito, 
maldito amor.

Mi maldición eres tú.
Tú, eres mi maldición.

La ira… es una perra.

“Team Vocalo, It’s Friday and I’m in love, and you’re in love, and we’re all in love. I’m your loving host Sandra Trevino and because most of you will in some way or another celebrate love whether for Valentine’s Day or against it this weekend, I’ve made for you a cute mini-playlist to help spark some magic in your life. Let me know what you think at @enchufate 

In this one, it’s all about Latin alternative love songs - you know maybe un bolerito romantico, maybe a sexy cumbia, a little dembow and a whole lot of love. This playlist includes La Marisoul, Rita Payes, Niña Dioz with Bomba Estereo, Elena Rose and Sara Hebe.” Broadcast February 12, 2021.

Link to Spotify will be posted once the segment is loaded. Thank you for your patience.

Episode Description: Sandra Treviño of Enchúfate comes back every week to share us the music of the Latinx world. This week, we travel to Venezuela for a feature of Venezonix! Broadcast February 5, 2021.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5qQuzVZWUnmadMbvG2YDtH

It’s been a crazy packed month this January. But just like the beginning of the year was packed with crazy events, it was brimming with amazing music. Broadcast January 29, 2021.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0POJXDKjYZBrNKj47sSaGS

Sandra Treviño of Enchufate gives us the fusion music of Chicano rock group Las Cafeteras. New music for the new year! Broadcast January 22, 2021.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6P6eV5mkPtVQRVwwMfDAEj

“Happy Friday Team Vocalo, it’s Sandra Trevino from Enchufate and I’m really excited, and so grateful, to be able to share some fresh new and in español singles with you today. One is homegrown and will take you a little bit of a retro trip of sorts and the other is a wonderful mixture of reggae with a little dembow vibe and they’re both new and ready for you to add to your music collection. This is Enchufate on Vocalo.” Broadcast January 15, 2021.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2iQmpQaq7eMmcqSA8bPat8

Episode Description: Sandra Treviño joins us each week to give us an insight into the world of Latinx music from around the world. This week she travels great distances, from Germany to Brazil, to show us that great Latinx music is everywhere. Broadcast January 8, 2021.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1bQbPNE16sA882TjqMXuM7

Every Friday, Sandra Treviño of Enchúfate joins us to share her newest finds in the world of Latinx music. As year’s end draws near, she’s bringing us her favorite tracks from 2020 from all around América Latina! Originally broadcast December 18, 2020.

Listen here: https://vocalo.org/latinx-tracks-2020/

Sandra Treviño is back once more to bring us some new music to spark some holiday cheer. With new music, Latin American artists are bringing cheer to this time of posadas. Broadcast December 11, 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1U2EzW0cge7SPgGVQY31FF

These literary champions are continuing reading efforts in their communities despite COVID-19 by rethinking what it means to gather around a book. Continue reading at Arts Midwest.

Originally published November 30, 2020.

In South Dakota, on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, something magical is taking root. Learn how this community is connecting and growing through an artist-in-residence program despite never having met their resident artist in person. Continue reading at Arts Midwest.

Originally published November 16, 2020.

Episode Description: Calling all ghouls and phantasms! Sandra Treviño of Enchúfate comes back to share all the spookiest music of the Fall season, but, as always, giving it a Latinx flair. Originally broadcast October 30, 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Jbj6fcxeMOdAwf15heZ99?si=FxnVjYHQQ3uw9o5RPwzsMg&nd=1

Community is core to the mission, purpose, and activities at the National Museum of Mexican Art. Learn how this Chicago-based organization is investing in its community and keeping people connected despite the distance between us. Continue reading at Arts Midwest.

Originally published October 28, 2020. 

It’s always random, yet consistent. Does that make sense?

I was here Friday late night into Saturday morning, putting together an audio story. It was 4:50 a.m. to be exact and I couldn’t stop adding, cutting, adding, cutting, and on and on until my eyes gave out and I had to force myself to step away or cause real damage. 

Editing audio is fun. 

It’s also freakin’ time consuming. 

It’s addictive… and empowering.

But one is never, ever quite done.

I’ve been working on this particular audio piece for just a short period of time, in comparison to others that have been ‘getting worked on’ for months. This one is fun because it is something new for me. I’m playing with so many sounds. It’s all in español. I’m also playing with my voice and poetry. It feels nice to work on something I love… and it makes me feel like it’s a radio novela, although it’s from far it. (I wish I had more time to do a weekly or bi-weekly radio novela. That’s my next project. Putting it out there, universe!)

Sounds normish, right? Well the twist on this piece is it’s all spooky. Pero… no te asustes.

Speaking of not being scared… when I was younger there was a period of time when I was terrified of going to sleep because I suffered from sleep paralysis. Of course at the time I didn’t know what it was and everyone around me informed me it was most likely an evil spirit lurking over me at night because I was so awful. 

So I prayed and prayed. I stopped eating so late and I stopped eating cheese because I remembered having a cheese-induced-nightmare, so hey, why take a chance? I also lit candles and washed all the sheets and prayed some more.  But, that demonic presence came back. Again and again. How awful was I?

I was an angel.

But I digress, eventually it went away and I have no idea how or why. As an adult it has come back a few times but it’s very random. I’ve been able to associate it with moments of high stress, but specifically when I’m worrying about something out of my control. Interesting!

I can see now see why it was so out of control at that age. Life at home was insanely violent. Stress levels were at max levels almost 24/7. I’m surprised I didn’t totally break down.

But, we are resilient and we figure things out… eventually.

Just like this radio show I’m trying to finish, 
eventually it will happen.

Eventually.

Anyway, stay tuned for updates.

The lead singer of La Santa Cecilia has been given an entire orchestra to do what she pleases with it, and luckily for us, it’s full of the passion and heart we’ve come to expect from La Marisoul. Sandra Treviño of Enchufate is back this week showing off Marisoul’s new solo project, La Marisoul and The Love Notes Orchestra. Broadcast October 9, 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7G6ug3l5pkFM3VnjEWFBr6

It’s October 1st.

This morning I’ve read in trending news that an Irish Supreme Court ruled that Subway sandwiches contain ‘too much sugar’ to legally be considered bread.

Yikes.

Episode Description: The country is going through a lot of pain at the moment. Demonstrations around the country, social injustices, a hurricane; it seems like every day it’s becoming harder to get out of bed.

But as each week, Sandra Treviño of Enchufate brings us some music to lighten our spirits and provide us some hope for the coming future. This week we hear two hope and justice-oriented anthems. We hear from Chicago’s own The Braided Janes and their song “I Can’t Breathe” and Los Poetas asking the pueblo to rise up against injustice “Siembra, Cultiva, Cosecha.” Originally broadcast August 28, 2020.

Sandra Treviño of Enchufate, the smoothest voice in radio, is back to show us some of the best sounds of the Latinx world. This week, she highlights Afro-Latin rapper Gabylonia, a Venezuela native whose raps tackle social injustices, the patriarchy and political strife, all the while incorporating the sounds of her native home. Originally broadcast August 14, 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3UTCw4APkg862J7Rs2jTBl

Episode Description: Sandra Treviño of Enchúfate is back once again to share some beautiful sounds from across the Latinx world. This week, Sandra gives us a mini feature on the Afro-Cuban singer, composer and director Daymé Arocena. Originally broadcast August 20, 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0EjgA6cA6wUOUPEjF3h5mH

Episode Description: Each week, Sandra Treviño gives us a taste of new music from throughout the Latinx world. This month, she’s highlighting a new Afro-Latinx artist each Friday, starting with Afro-Cuban Hip Hop sensation La Dame Blanche. Originally broadcast August 7, 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DHcxBoCySx9HYvZM4lPTG

Every Friday, Sandra Treviño of Enchúfate helps us welcome in the weekend with musical musings from across the Latinx world. This week, Sandra shares the sounds of artists from our beautiful Chicago. Originally broadcast July 31, 2020.

Listen here: https://vocalo.org/sandra-trevino-latinx-chicago/

Episode Description: One of the most soothing voices on the air is BACK and this time she comes to share with us some fresh music from the Latinx world. This week she shows us the folk and soulful music of Guatemalan artist Gaby Moreno and the Hip Hop multilingual fusion sounds of Montreal-based Pierre Cruz. From upbeat and uplifting anthems to laid back bops, Sandra continues to show that she does not miss. Originally published July 10, 2020.

Episode Description: Sandra Treviño of Enchufate comes back once again to bring some levity to our week by highlighting some new comedic and satirical music acts such as Puerto Rico’s Los Rivera Destino. Broadcast June 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5KyKuUcIDxMo8ms9cDbtmA

Sandra Treviño of Enchúfate shares with us some of the most diverse sounds of Latin America. This week, she brings to us Afro Cubano Cha cha twists with mixes of traditional Afro-Caribbean sounds of Marisol La Brava & A Flor De Piel. Broadcast June 19, 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2F2VtNf60sRARYCldVSmcZ

Episode Description

Sandra Treviño of Enchúfate diverts from her usual programming to stand with the Black community of Chicago, showing the intersectionality between Black and Brown lives in Chicago. Originally broadcast June 5, 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ANFLuPyVQOWYhk5mmfBtc

Sandra Treviño of Enchufate Chicago graces our presence once more, this time showing us the psychedelic goodness of Texan group Nemegata. Broadcast May 15, 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2pga4Y7uWC8Nw0sEgeatd8

It seems quite the time for “Manos Ajenas” to drop in its just released video version. It’s a song by Dos Santos from the incredible album, Logos and was filmed at CoProsperity Sphere. “Manos Ajenas” feels like such praise to the power of being and such a healing way to share the art of music and movement. Continue reading here.

Originally published May 7, 2020.

Inspired by the new video by Jonny Fadez for his song, “Pasamela” I asked a few artists, DJs and musicians to share some of their favorite cannabis-related videos for this April 20th playlist and I’m not surprised Jonny’s is one of the top favorites. In addition, this playlist includes classics by Cypress Hill, Snoop Dogg and Los Marijuanos, and, while some things are familiar, thanks to all of these creatives’ curiosity for sounds, you’ll also hear things you may have never heard before which are ideal for today’s uplifting, healing and feel-good spirit.

Continue reading here. Originally published on 4/20/2020.

With audacious lyrics that dance haughtily along to sassy beats, Kordelya‘s new album Mal Hecha gives us a glorious sample of current music as shaped by the hands of today’s artists. The nine-track recording is a sonic adventure meant to agitate your senses. Continue reading at Gozamos.

Originally published March 20, 2020.

Episode description: Sandra Treviño spoke with Kathy Palma about the creative process behind her new EP and how her music transcends cultural and genre barriers. Originally broadcast March 20, 2020.

Listen here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6vt9kepnDPTENEhznsgHxH?si=mBI4oLRIReWq5_ygHEUE2Q