Andrés Jiménez simultaneously mixes tradition with innovation while taking on serious issues such as colonialism, poverty, Puerto Rico’s independence and so much more. His songs are poetic, narrative yet hard hitting. They convey the reality of the colonialism with tear welling pride and emotion. For the past year-and-a-half Andrés has been essential to me, his music has made me feel so many different emotions and it has made me think. It provokes thought! I love music that provokes thought and feeling…as Don Pedro Albizu Campos said, “La sabiduria sin sentimento es como una fuente sin agua”…Andrés has both of those things in his music—Sabiduria y sentimiento, wisdom/knowledge and feeling and that is what makes his music so special. Today we wish him a very happy 76th birthday and many blessing ahead. 

Feliz Cumpleaños, Don Andrés 

Playlist on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1uiBjZF8TPonZAeyEZvwry?si=134e3f4495164bf9

NOTE: this podcast is being published off schedule due to technical issues. This is the last podcast that will be published off the usual Saturday morning schedule.