Today we are presenting the 9th episode of Paises, Countries where we celebrate 2 countries in 2 separate segments of 30 minutes each. Today we are celebrating Costa Rica and El Salvador.

Calypso music is one of the most famous musical styles to come out of Costa Rica, along with Soca, Salsa, Merengue, and Cumbia. Wind instruments called ocarinas are used in ancient ceremonial songs that are still played today

Salvadoran cumbia have a combination of African and Indigenous rhythms that originated in Colombia, in addition Xuc: A musical genre and dance that originated in 1942 in Cojutepeque, Cuscatlán and, Chanchona a joyous regional music from eastern El Salvador that's made for and by country people. The name "chanchona" means "big pig," which is the local name for the string bass and, Native Mesoamerican Indigenous music a music style that has had a significant impact on modern El Salvador music.

Enjoy the show and thank you for listening to your community supported radio station

“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.