Hey, Latino USA listener.

It's Mariano Jose here.

So today we're going to share a new episode from the Port of Entry podcast.

It's a series from KPBS and PRX that we've featured in the past on this feed.

The podcast tells personal stories of love, hope, struggle and survival from border

crossers, fronteristas and fronterisos, and other people whose lives are shaped by the

wall.

In this episode, we're going to meet Mexican musician Javier Batis, who very likely would

have been world famous had he headed north of the border with his good friend and bandmate

Carlos Santana way back in the day.

Instead, Javier went south to Mexico City.

That's where he discovered an internal piece and fulfillment that he says is a lot more

important than fame.

So here's a new episode of Port of Entry.

I hope you like it.

From KPBS and PRX, this is Port of Entry, where we tell cross-border stories that connect

us.

I'm Alan Ylientan.

Maybe you're familiar with this guitar legend playing underneath me right now.

You might recognize the fusion of Latin sounds with soaring electric guitar.

This legendary Mexican guitar player got to start right here at the border in Tijuana.

He came of age listening to the blues grates like BB King and T-bone Walker and then took

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