Ramon Taranco: The Best Latin R&B
Welcome to Ramon Taranco's website. We hope you enjoy it!
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BARCELONA
Both of Ramon's CDs of original music, The Adventures of Bo Segovia and Music From the Bermuda Triangle, will be featured on the September 17th show of "La Hora del Blues" hosted by Vicente Zumel on Barcelona's Radio Pica (96.6 FM.)
HAVANA
Our "Kick Back n Listen" page now has Radio Havana show, La Esquina del Blues' May 9 2010 exclusive spotlight on Ramon Taranco and his Music available for your listening pleasure. See our "This Just In" news page for details.
HOUSTON
KPFT Houston's Son Pacifica did a spotlight on Ramon Taranco including an on-air interview.
TORONTO
Indie Talent Radio (Toronto) frequently airs a Taranco exclusive on their world music and blues shows.
BUENOS AIRES ...
Several widely-syndicated radio shows have played Ramon's music on commercial and public radio stations. La Maza Blues from Argentina, is syndicated on 160+ stations in 9 South American countries, Mexico & Europe. Canada's At the Crossroads Blues show is expanding into new markets including the Philippines. Texas-based Blues Deluxe broadcasts in the South Pacific, New Zealand and the Caribbean and on 100+ US stations.
FUTURE SHOWS
Several other spotlight special radio shows are in the works. (dates TBA)
GLOBAL FEAST
Over the past 2 years, Ramon's music has received 'known' airplay on over 350 radio stations in 50 countries [including 10+ stations in Spain, 5 stations in France, 3 stations in Belgium including VRT, Swedish National Radio, Finnish National Radio, Canada's CBC and FM stations in most provinces, numerous US public radio stations in the NPR and Pacifica networks plus college radio stations across North and South America; Jazz Latino (Radio Hermitage - Russia), Roots and Fusion (PURE FM - England), Blues-Road Radio (Germany), Rock n Blues Today (Italy), Pimba FM (Uruguay), Rock-Blues-Jazz (India). US airplay includes: African Rhythms and Extensions (WPFW FM, Washington DC), Jazz From the Market (WOZZ FM - New Orleans), An Evening of Afrotainment (KBOO FM - Portland Oregon), New Orleans and the World (KRSH FM - California), The Folk Show (WXPN FM - Philadelphia) and Voices of Jazz (WICN FM - Massachusetts).
ON THE ROOTS MUSIC REPORT CHARTS
Ramon's most recent CD, The Adventures of Bo Segovia, made #3 on the Roots Music Report's international jazz charts & #10 on the RMR's Top Roots Artists from New York State chart in early 2010.
RADIO (AIRPLAY) ONLINE ARCHIVES
With radio stations and e-zines updating their archives from past years, we find that historical playlists and reviews are popping up in interesting places ie on July 14th we found out that Ramon's Tango Solito was aired January 11 1997 on "The African Caribbean Journey" (New Orleans' WWOZ FM.)
MAGAZINE (CD REVIEWS) ARCHIVES
Vienna's Concerto Magazine published a review for both of Ramon's CDs in their March 2009 hard copy magazine. An Adobe snapshot of the review came available online a year later. [our The Word is Out page contains this and other reviews of Ramon's outstanding CDs.]
PERFORMANCE BOOKINGS
NYC & surrounding areas: contact Ramon at bosegovia@earthlink.net
All other bookings & media inquiries: contact Mary Dempster (M D Ventures Artist Management) at mdventures@hotmail.com or (905) 616-5077.