Radio Güira

Radio Güira is the second extended play by the Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra, released on November 3, 2023 by Rimas Entertainment.

Exploring a number of different sounds and music genres, the EP encompasses blues, jazz, rock, big band, bachata, mambo, and merengue and includes the participation of pianist Michel Camilo.

[2][3] Thematically, Guerra described the EP concept as something innovative, imagining a station playing 4.40 music in different parts of the world and including interludes of skits of phone-in commercials and announcements.

[5] The EP received critical acclaim earning Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 22nd Annual Latin Grammy Awards.

On September 22, 2023, he released "Mambo 23" as the lead single of his upcoming EP titled Radio Guira along with the music video.

The extended play was released on the same day of Guerra's last concert of his third American leg of his tour at Maverik Center in Salt Lake City.

[18] The first track "Mambo 23" marked the first time Guerra ventured into merengue-mambo (merengue de calle) with arrangements of saxophones, trumpets, trombones and classical instruments.

[2] According to Guerra, he liked the result and chose the track as the lead single of the EP with the idea to connect different generations with its music, whether from the lyrics or from the rhythms.

[19] The second track "DJ Bachata" has a beginning that evokes elements of the 1970s, with a guitar melody and a flanger, which fits with the sound of the bongos and the güiro.

[18] The fourth track "Cositas de Amor" is described by the artist as "popton", an experimental mix of pop and reggaeton that contains a recorded sound of a coupe glass.