La Sonora Ponceña has been played on NTS in shows including Patrick Forge, featured first on 27 October 2017. Songs played include Woody's Blue, Night Love and Boranda.

La Sonora Ponceña is a Puerto Rican salsa band, founded in 1954 by Enrique "Quique" Lucca Caraballo (Yauco, Puerto Rico, 12 December 1912 - 9 October 2016). Today Quique's son, Papo Lucca, directs the band. The band has stayed active for a remarkable amount of time, recording dozens of albums, including a 55th anniversary album. Singers included Tito Gómez.

The history of La Sonora Ponceña is the history of Quique Lucca. In 1928, when he was 16 years old,…