Panorama

Today we look at Sephardic Jews from Latin America and elsewhere who have requested Spanish citizenship on the invitation of the Spanish government, and at political tensions between Madrid and Catalonia on the second anniversary of the region's failed attempt to carry out a referendum on independence from Spain. We also take listeners to the second Moratalaz International Blues Festival, which was held this past weekend in Madrid. One of the artists who performed at the festival made quite a sensation on Spanish blues lovers. He's the young American multi-instrumentalist Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton, some of whose traditional acoustic music we hear on today's program.