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Yale Festival Highlights Latino, Iberian Films; West End Blend Releases First Full-Length Album

Connecticut Public Radio
Published November 6, 2015 at 9:00 AM EST
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West End Blend.
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Erica Bryan.
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Mike Bufando.
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Sam Horan.
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Margherita Tortora.
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Next Wednesday marks the beginning of the Latino & Iberian Film Festival at Yale. This hour, we learn more about it with festival director Margherita Tortora. 

Later, we also check in on one of our favorite bands: Hartford's very own West End Blend. They stopped by CPBN’s Chase Family Studio to play some songs off their new album, Rewind.

Watch West End Blend perform their song "Get By" during the session below:

GUESTS:

  • Margherita Tortora - Director of the Latino & Iberian Film Festival at Yale

West End Blend:

  • Erica Bryan- Vocals
  • Sam Horan - Drums
  • Tom Sullivan - Bass
  • Jesse Combs - Guitar
  • Mike Dipanfilo - Guitar
  • John Mundy - Trombone
  • Mike Oehmen - Tenor Sax
  • Vicky Medieros - Bari Sax
  • Mike Bufando - Trumpet

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John Dankosky and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

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