Author: Mariano Vera

Nuestra Música presents the “Unsung Rhytms”, Singers, Songwriters and Musical eras  that are rarely heard. From the Queen of Afrocuban Fusion Xiomara Fortuna singing 2 songs that reflects the political crisis of Santo Domingo in the 60’s, to Potpourris of Honduran Pasillos, Ecuadorian Corridos and Panamanian “Décimas”. Garifuna singer Paula Castillo, Amensica from El Salvador, […]

Cancionero de Violeta y María Elena Violeta and Maria Elena’s Songbook On Tuesday 08-11-2020 from 10:00 am until 12:00 pm we are celebrating the Music of two towering figures of Latin America poetry: Violeta Parra from Chile and Maria Elena Walsh from Argentina.Singers as diverse as Mercedes Sosa, Liuba Maria Hevia, Jairo, Cuarteto Zupay, Joan […]

NO HABLO ESPAÑOL Nuestra Música is presenting NO HABLO ESPAÑOL, where we will be voicing rarely heard songs from Galicia, Cataluña, Spain’s Basque region, Paraguay, Perú, Bolivia and Argentinian and Chilean Patagonian regions. Nowadays four languages other than Spanish are spoken in Spain, Galician, Basque, Catalán and Occitán. South America has 37 language families, 448 […]

WOMEN MAKING MUSIC ACROSS BORDERS This week during our first hour will be presenting ENTRE MUJERES: WOMEN MAKING MUSIC ACROSS BORDERS, and the second hour will be dedicated to the Mexican music of Son Jarocho Entre Mujeres: Women Making Music Across Borders. Founded by musicians Martha Gonzales (GRAMMY® Award winning band Quetzal) and Laura Marina […]