{"id":55639,"date":"2018-01-30T02:21:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T02:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=55639"},"modified":"2018-01-30T02:21:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T02:21:18","slug":"xenia-rubinos-is-behind-the-new-theme-song-for-nprs-latino-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=55639","title":{"rendered":"Xenia Rubinos is Behind the New Theme Song for NPR\u2019s Latino USA"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xenia Rubinos is Behind the New Theme Song for NPR\u2019s Latino USA<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Remezcla<\/a>
\n2018-01-03<\/p>\n

Julyssa Lopez<\/strong><\/a>
\nBerlin, Germany<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nPhoto by Max Schiano.<\/em> Courtesy of Xenia Rubinos<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n

Boricua-Cuban artist and multi-instrumentalist Xenia Rubinos<\/a> is no stranger to Latino USA<\/a>, the longest-running Latino-focused radio program on American public media, distributed nationally by NPR<\/a>. She\u2019s a devoted listener who says she\u2019s regularly tuned in to learn about everything from Pedro Almod\u00f3var<\/a> movies to the Puerto Rican debt crisis<\/a>\u2014and she\u2019s also been on the show herself to discuss<\/a> her music and identity with Latino USA host Maria Hinojosa<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are able to educate through really personal storytelling, which instantly brings you in and keeps you listening,\u201d Rubinos told Remezcla<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m also a huge fan and admirer of Maria Hinojosa; she is a hero of mine. I think she will be an iconic and important voice in American journalism for many years to come\u2026she\u2019s a totally fierce badass journalist and woman.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, Rubinos was absolutely floored last July when the Latino USA team asked her to compose the program\u2019s first-ever theme song, which will open each episode of Latino USA moving forward. Latino USA announced this week that in addition to its Rubinos-designed theme song, it is also premiering a new format<\/a>. The team will focus on deep-dives into single stories and topics, dropping multiple 15- to 30-minute podcasts weekly and covering extended cuts of interviews, roundtable discussions and short \u201cexplainers\u201d of the news. Devotees who want to stick to the original Latino USA hour can still get the whole show on terrestrial radio…<\/p>\n