{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Jose Ibanez from Orchesta El Macabeo at the 2018 BU Global Music Festival","description":" Jose is the bassist and band leader of Orchesta El Macabeo, a Puerto Rican salsa group created in 2008 in Trujillo Alto and part of their particular sound is based on the fact that the group is made up mostly of musicians who played in rock, punk, ska and reggae groups. We chatted about the band\u2019s music, his record label Discos de Hoy, and performing globally, including the 2018 BU Global Music Festival, where the band will be performing in its 10th anniversary tour.&amp;nbsp; The&amp;nbsp;BU Global Music Festival&amp;nbsp;takes place in October on the campus of&amp;nbsp;Boston University, in partnership with the&amp;nbsp;BU Global Arts Initiative. ","author_name":"MergingArts Conversations","author_url":"http:\/\/www.mergingarts.org","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/7131501\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/23739306"}