Today we are playing the "Eclectic" show. With a variety of styles, some never played before. We will travel to Spain to listen to Albeniz Asturias, to Portugal and a beautiful duo Sete Lagrimas. The Portuguese, Morocan and English musician from the Folk Jazz Arabe group are playing “La Valenciana”, Oscar Aleman from Argentina with “Casi Negro”. From Mali and Cuba, the AfroCubism and “Guantanamera “with native instruments from Mali, Barroco Andino and a Bach piece played with native instruments like Quena, Charango and flute, and more classical music with Manuel de “Falla and Siete Canciones Populares”. The shows end with mezzo Ginamaria Hidalgo and “Milonga Sentimental”, the impossible to describe soprano from Peru Yma Zumac and the song “Bo Mambo” Hugo Diaz playing “Mi Buenos Aires Querido” with his Harmonica, and finally Bajofondo from Argentina with Lagrima Rios and the song “Chiquilines” will end the show. Eclectic it is. Enjoy the music. 

“Nuestra Música,” “Our Music,” presents the rhythms and folklore of Latin America, Spain, Portugal, and Cape Verde. From Tango to Flamenco and all Latinx music in between. The show explores the native instruments, languages, and traditions played in 22 countries and one territory. Other than Spanish and Portuguese, "Nuestra Música" presents songs in Quechua, Mapuche, Guaraní, Nahuatl, Gallego, Spanish Basque, and Catalán. Among many styles we present: Tango, Chacarera, Baguala, Zamba with a Z and Samba with an S, Bossa Nova, Cumbia, Llanero, Vallenato, Merengue, Parrandera, Son, Bolero, Ranchera, Corrido, Marimba, Fado, Flamenco, Sevillanas, Jota, Blues, Jazz, Danzon, Mambo, and many more. The countries presented are Argentina // Bolivia // Brazil // Cape Verde // Chile // Colombia // Costa Rica // Cuba // Dominican Republic // Ecuador // El Salvador // Guatemala // Honduras // Mexico // Nicaragua // Panama // Paraguay // Peru // Portugal // Puerto Rico // Spain // Uruguay // Venezuela.

Mariano Vera is a former art and literature critic in La Prensa Buenos Aires and National Public Radio, Argentina; Editor of Crónica