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Episode 126: Angélica Negrón and José Olivares of Balún

Latinos Who Lunch

Latinos Who Lunch

Society & Culture, Visual Arts, Arts, History, Personal Journals

5.01.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Latinos Who Lunch interview Angélica Negrón and José Olivares from their favorite band, Balún! From a lesson on Mofongo and Boricua fast food joints to the ways cooking and music have played into their relationship, Angélica and José explain the development of Balún from their beginnings all the way to their newest and most successful record, Prisma Tropical. Stay tune to the end to hear some amazing music recommendations from this Latinx indie power couple and a breakdown of their 2018 single "El Espanto." And as always make sure to send your questions to AskLWLPod@gmail.com and we might read them on a future episode. #podsincolor #supportbrownpodcasts #supportlatinxpodcasts #supportlatinxbands #lwlpod

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Favi Fav. And this is Babylito. And we are Latinos who lunch, the podcast where we talk about important things like

0:15.0

boo boo boa do ba ba du ba a dukahhahhahhah

0:17.0

yeah that sounded like when Kim Petrol, the descat.

0:25.0

I heard that.

0:27.0

Yeah, I'm chaleline King,

0:30.0

of the corn. be a corny. H-k-h-h-h-hullo, hello,

0:35.0

hello.

0:37.0

Kisho, Kisho, Kisho.

0:39.0

Hi Babylito.

0:40.0

Get my home fovey.

0:41.0

We are in Nueva Yorks. Can you believe it?

0:45.0

Nunken means wildest dreams. Dream bigger.

0:49.0

Where are we?

0:52.0

Oh my God, bitch, I am nervous, I'm sweating. I've been hiding it the whole night, but we are in the presence of

1:00.6

Indie Latin X royalty.

1:03.0

We are in Angelicane Gonna Gonnaise's house in Bushwick.

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Otherwise known. house in Bushwick.

1:17.0

Otherwise known as half of balloon. As in if you listen to our episode when we review music from 2018,

1:21.0

you heard that they were our number one band of the year how are you

1:24.3

guys doing good yeah that's all? No super excited to have you guys in our cas. Yeah, it's kind of a dream. I forgot how to talk.

1:37.0

We're super psyched to have you guys here for dinner and to talk.

1:45.0

The sentiment is mutual.

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