1. Colour the world Highly regarded but only to usA musical catalogue that stretched decades The warbles of his voice remainOn cassette tapes and magnetic reels The familiar chords The only ones he could play On the family pianoThose moderate chordsThe four-four beat Minor keys, step downStabbing the chambersOf my diseased heartAs I listen to…

1. Despedida The deconstruction of a wild familyCapricious and crusted with age These unfamiliar crimes Chime with every scrunch of the body My daddy is dyingNo flowery words of comfortWill dull that painLet this be a lesson to youBe afraid, hide away and say goodbyeA bittersweet farewell – despedida Carve the canyons in the shape…

Hi there, welcome to season 3 of Raconteuse Radio! This is your host, Guilliean Pacheco, checking in from a very, very cold Las Vegas. I wanted to introduce season 3 as something special. I’m calling the season: “Murder Ballads for the Dearly Departed,” and the season is dedicated to my father, Daniel Pacheco, who passed…

Well, well, well, we meet again. You may be wondering about the unnaturally long hiatus and why I was gone with nary a goodbye. The grief remains raw, but my father, the OG superhero of my life, passed away in April of 2022, the year I recorded this brief minisode. Sometimes it feels like I’ve…

The first time I had a transformative bowl of killer ramen was the day after my first date with my boyfriend. Being American, all I knew was Maruchan; however, my genetic disposition for heart disease put the swift kibosh on that. But at its core, I knew ramen was soup. I was raised on soups…