He is from Panama and she is from Columbia, they met in Iowa, and they are musical partners that make up the duo Calle Sur. In this Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe talks with Karin Stein and Ed East. Stein grew up in a rural area of Columbia, and East lived in the busiest corridor of the cosmopolitan Panama City.
They talk about their musical influences, experiences growing up, coming to the U.S., and being Latino and Hispanic in Iowa.
Calle Sur is performing in Grinnell on April 5.