# Yasser Tejeda

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Afro Dominican Roots Music with Yasser Tejeda

We chat with Yasser Tejeda,  an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer.  We talk about Dominican roots music and how music can connect us to our Afro Dominican heritage.  Yasser Tejeda is an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer. According …

Dominican Guitarist Yasser Tejeda with Journalist Ed Morales

Send us Fan Mail Yasser Tejeda, an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer, shares music and talks with author and journalist Ed Morales about his third album La Madrugada (Daybreak), the African roots of Dominican traditions,  the influences of life in NYC  on his music…

Musician Abroad (Episode 101)

In this episode, you will listen to Yasser Tejeda, who is living abroad in the US! Yasser is an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer who has been featured on NPR's Tiny Desk and performed with Latin Grammy winners such as Prince Royce and Vicente Garcia. Yasser talks …

How I Made It: Yasser Tejeda & Palotré

The musical genres most people associate with the Dominican Republic are merengue and bachata. Yet, there's another set of rhythms that are essential to the spirit of the country, and that's Afro-Dominican roots music. That's where the band Yasser Tejeda & Palotré come in. They blend some of the co…

Episode 50: Neo2soul Playlist The Vibes 56 (Female Takeover Pt 54)

Our goal is to bridge the gap between the mainstream & indie artists. Our main aim is to focus on edgy neosoul & jazzy/soul/rnb female artists/groups.*NOTE (This list is not based on Charts or Streams just on what NEO2SOUL discovered)The podcast mix show is syndicated onWVRO (USA) Mon/Wed/Fri 6 pm …

Judges Reject Government Data Demand on Columbia Protests; Barnes Museum Highlights Matisse and First Friday Events

Judges Block Government Request for Columbia Protesters’ Instagram Data In yet another overreach masquerading as national security, the Trump administration sought a sweeping search warrant to seize data from a student-run Instagram account-@cuapartheiddivest-affiliated with Columbia University pro…

Yasser Tejeda y Palotré Celebrate Ancestral Dominican Traditions

Brooklyn-based guitarist and composer Yasser Tejada & the group Palotré combine African-rooted Dominican traditional folk styles and fuse them with R&B, church gospel, funk, jazz, and rock into a celebration of Afro-Dominican culture. On this edition of Soundcheck from 2019, they play some songs fr…

Breakfast at Puerto Viejo: Reclaiming Afro Dominican Music with YEИDRY & Yasser Tejeda

YEИDRY is a Dominican-Italian artist whose newly released debut full-length album, Como Agua, takes a deep dive into Afro-Dominican rhythms. The album includes palos, bachata, merengue and boleros. Like many Dominicans, YEИDRY did not grow up with Afro-Dominican rhythms. As an adult, she discovered…