Las Malandrinas Radio is a Spanglish podcast dedicated to honoring all the Malandrinas que les encanta ir a bailes, love Banda chisme, and know that Banda music deserves more than its current form. Hosted by two Xicanas from Chicago, we offer the world our truths about musica regional mexicana y todas sus babosadas. We hold space for the critical Banda discussions that are happening before bailes and center the muxeres and creatives behind this form of art. Para la madrina de todos las Malandrinas, Jenni Rivera, we hope to make you proud desde el cielo. ✨
If this podcast is anything... it is completely dedicated to the talent and genius of muxeres en music regional mexicana. SO WE’RE BACK with updates on all the Malandrinas featured in our second episode. AND STAY TUNED to hear our hot & critical take on J. Humilde’s Popurrí Rancheras aka “Las Mujeres Mandan.” Throughout this episode we’ll feature more badass voices and share their stories as they navigate what we call: the banda-industrial complex.
This episode has been blessed by Jenni Rivera and Paquita la del Barrio.
Find our podcast on Spotify @LasMalandrinas and Apple Music @CinthyaRodriguez!
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio (https://soundcloud.com/MalandrinasRadio), Twitter @LasMalandrinas_, y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio (https://soundcloud.com/LasMalandrinasRadio)!
28 Nov 2019
Episode #15: Sucias
We are back yet again and this time we’re joined by the Love Bruja, aka our amiga Bianca. Together, we all talk about our favorite SUCIA songs in the musical regional genre. We feature songs by Banda Santa y Sagrada, Helen Ochoa, Calibre 50, Septima Banda, & Los Amos. Tune in to hear us talk about how we learned about sex, break down these songs, and more -- through a sex-positive & pro-puta lens. Enjoy!
Find our podcast on Spotify @LasMalandrinas and Apple Music @CinthyaRodriguez!
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio (https://soundcloud.com/MalandrinasRadio), Twitter @LasMalandrinas_, y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio (https://soundcloud.com/LasMalandrinasRadio)!
24 Aug 2019
Episode #14: "You're So Paisa"
Feliz belated dia nacional de la banda!!! We are back, and in this episode, we are deconstructing the meaning behind being told "you’re so paisa.” Ale and Cinthya dig into some paisa definitions and share how anti-paisa hate shows up in musica regional & our comunidad. But first, hear us talk about our ONE YEAR podcast anniversary. We’ll also cover the shit show that was #Rancho57 (https://soundcloud.com/tags/Rancho57) when an 8000+ people Chicago baile got shut down by bad planning and the opps.
Find our podcast on Spotify @LasMalandrinas (https://soundcloud.com/LasMalandrinas) and Apple Music @CinthyaRodriguez (https://soundcloud.com/CinthyaRodriguez)!
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio (https://soundcloud.com/MalandrinasRadio), Twitter @LasMalandrinas_ (https://soundcloud.com/LasMalandrinas_), y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio (https://soundcloud.com/LasMalandrinasRadio)!
29 Jun 2019
Episode #13: La Escuelita
In our minds, La Escuelita by Recoditos is obviously about going to college LOL
In this lucky episode #13, we talk about being first generation students with our amiga Kary. Plus we go through some of the musica regional that got us through our traumatic, fun, and different college experiences. Join us in wishing Kary and the class of 2019 felicidades!
Playlists:
Spotify - spoti.fi/2xj9Lk7
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio, Twitter @LasMalandrinas_, y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
8 Jun 2019
Episode #12: Fiestas De Mayo
Las Malandrinas Radio in Mexico >>> Las Malandrinas Radio in the united states of americaca. In this episode, we report back from a week and a half of banda in Guanajuato, Aguascalientes, and more! Tune in to hear some of our stories from our recent friendcation, starting with Cinthya’s pueblo. We also talk about all these new musical regional album releases: El Fantasma, Remmy Valenzuela, Joss Favela, y más.
Playlists:
Spotify - spoti.fi/2wFd6cT
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio, Twitter @LasMalandrinas_, y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
14 Apr 2019
Episode #11: Get Ready With Us | Baile Edition
Si ya saben como nos ponemos, pa que nos invitan!
Join us while we’re disque getting ready for a baile de La Adictiva. This Episode #11 we are joined by our comadre Yadira to talk about what we love and hate about going to bailes. We drop our baile essentials, break down the banda industrial complex some more, and feature our favorite songs at the moment.
Playlists:
Apple Music - apple.co/2GpHqgb
Spotify - spoti.fi/2VK4L2r
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio, Twitter @LasMalandrinas_, y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
19 Mar 2019
Episode #10: Me Nortié
Episode #10 is a love letter to the acordeón, bajo sexto y sax! While Ale is off chambeando en LA, we have a special co-host joining us to talk all about norteñas. After our usual banda chisme, we get into the history of the US/Mexico Borderlands and our fave norteñas: from Cadetes de Linares to Huracanes del Norte to La Zenda Norteña & more. Stay tuned for our review of Intocable’s hot new album and our break down of how younger artists are experimenting with norteño sounds.
Playlists:
Apple Music - apple.co/2ucV14B
Spotify - spoti.fi/2P8WgLE
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio, Twitter @LasMalandrinas_, y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
13 Feb 2019
Episode #9: Corazones Rotos
Ay amor! It’s Valentine’s season y andamos bien darkz. Episode #9 is all about corazones rotos! So tune in to hear us break down “Adios Amor” & “A Traves del Vaso” aka two of most popular heartbreak songs in recent times. Listen to us share our favorite heartbreak songs that have helped us get through break-ups with friends, family, partners, and the famous people we’ll never even meet.
Playlists:
Apple Music - apple.co/2SwMurU
Spotify - spoti.fi/2BzXlXp
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio, Twitter @LasMalandrinas_, y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
23 Jan 2019
Episode #8: Recodo Mafia
La Madre de todas las bandas?! Today, our baile comadres, Irma & Anjelica, join us to give our take on the last 80 years of Banda El Recodo history. We’ll talk about the good, the bad, and the machista that makes up this OG banda.
Shoutout to Irma’s mami making tortillas a mano in the background!
Playlists:
Apple Music - apple.co/2Ua0MuY
Spotify - spoti.fi/2CEx4qN
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio, Twitter @LasMalandrinas_, y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
1 Jan 2019
Episode #7: Salud al 2018!
We’re back from the playa!! Join us for Episode #7 where we go over all our favorite songs in regional mexicana for 2018, award show style. As always, we have hot banda news for you & a song of the moment. Stay tuned to hear our picks for our favorite bandas, albums, duets, homenajes, biggest stars and more this year. Finally, we set our intentions for a new year full of bailes in new places, finally learning how to play the accordion, and continuing to resist & thrive.
Con mucho mucho amor! Salucita y nos vemos en el 2019.
Playlists:
Apple Music - apple.co/2CgGyID
Spotify - spoti.fi/2s25XRp
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
10 Dec 2018
Episode #6: La Diva De La Banda
QUE ALBOROTO TRAEN CONMIGO?! We dedicate this episode of Las Malandrinas Radio to our unforgettable podcast madrina, La Diva Jenni Rivera. Six years ago, our beloved Dolores Janney “Jenni” Rivera passed away. Join us in remembering her with a Jenni banda tag! We’ll talk about her songs that remind us who the f*ck we are, que nos ponen a llorar, that we’d like to dedicate to our Pinche Pelon, and more. #JenniTag
Playlists:
Apple Music - apple.co/2zQjQqh
Spotify - spoti.fi/2EW5bxO
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
13 Nov 2018
Episode #5: Mi Ultimo Deseo
It’s spooky season! And Las Malandrinas Radio welcomes longer nights, San Marcos cobijas season, and the ancestors who’ve passed away with Episode #5. We reflect on Dia de los Muertos by featuring hits from some of the musical regional artists that are no longer with us. Join us as we discuss how these artists basically wrote their funeral itineraries, our fave banda songs about life and death, & our own ultimos deseos. Acabo que: La vida es prestada y hay que disfrutarla!
Playlists:
Apple Music - apple.co/2FivYW1
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
22 Oct 2018
Episode #4: Chicaguense
Ay ay yo! Chicago gave us juke music, the cha cha slide, & of course: el pasito duranguense. But in 2018, is duranguense dead?! This fourth episode explores that question & features all your faves de Chicago hasta Durango. We got a lot of love for our city so join us as we talk about how Duranguense was created in Chicago and what it was like growing up in the same neighborhood as Los Horoscopos de Durango.
Playlists:
Spotify - spoti.fi/2EAbqIr
Apple Music - apple.co/2q5A35x
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
8 Oct 2018
Episode #3: Musica Romantica
La mejor manera de decir te quiero es poder cantarte musica romantica. <3 El amor, el amor, el amor! Episode 3 introduces our “Banda-Manticas” series where we’ll cover the many different & complicated ways that bandas cover love #conmusicaromantica. Check out our first Banda-manticas playlist full of cursi lyrics and love for our peoples. In this episode, Ale blesses us with a story-time about her flight from LA → Chicago with la señora de las flores en los bailes.
Playlists:
Spotify - spoti.fi/2AlqC89
Apple Music - bit.ly/bandamanticas
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
7 Sept 2018
Episode #2: También Las Mujeres Pueden?
Quien dijo que las mujeres no podían?! Join Ale & Cinthya for the second episode of Las Malandrinas Radio where we break down the lack of mujeres in the banda world... and how we might just wanna ditch that idea completely. We feature Cheli Madrid, Cynthia "La Grande" Silva, Helen Ochoa, Chiquis Rivera, y Marilyn Odessa. Tune in for our first ever baile review and this moment's "Malandrina of the Week" aka La Diva, La Caballota, IVY QUEEN!
Playlists:
Spotify - spoti.fi/2NVHJSr
Apple Music - apple.co/2NILwlV
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
17 Aug 2018
Episode #1: Malandrinas 101
Y que suene la banda! On our very first episode of Las Malandrinas Radio, Alejandra & Cinthya break down what it means to be a Malandrina. Listen to learn more about what musica regional mexicana means to us and what you can expect from this podcast. We'll wrap things up with our top 10 banda songs at the moment.
Playlists:
Spotify - bit.ly/Malandrinas101
Apple Music - apple.co/2QbUFoE
Siguenos en Instagram @MalandrinasRadio y en el Face @LasMalandrinasRadio!
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