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Esta semana presentamos “Vamos A Bailar.” No sabe cómo? Un pié enfrente del otro para empezar. (Buena suerte al intentar el Tango.) Cumbias, Rumbas, Cha Cha Chá, Candombes, Guajiras y más. Música de España, Chile, Cuba y Perú, con las voces e instrumentos de Celia Cruz, La Sonora Matancera, Cabas, Johnny Pacheco, Yuri, Celso Piña, Radio Tarifa, Anacaona, Bienvenido Grande, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Juaneco y su Combo y Los Destellos. ¡Disfrute y BAILE!!!

This week we are presenting “Let’s Dance.” Don’t know how? Just put a foot in front of the other to begin with. (Good Luck trying the Tango.) Cumbias, Rumbas, Cha Cha, Candombes, Guajiras, and more. Music from Spain, Chile, Cuba, and Peru and with the voices and instruments of Celia Cruz, La Matancera, Cabas, Johnny Pacheco, Yuri, Celso Piña, Radio Tarifa, Anacaona, Bienvenido Grande, Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee, Juaneco y su Combo, and Los Destellos Sonora. Enjoy it and dance!

“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 and 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 Newspaper in D.C., Maryland and Virginia, and radio host in Sarasota FL, Hudson New York, and Pacifica Radio Stations.