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Today is My Show del Adiós, my last show, I feel I have completed a full circle with Nuestra Música and is time to move on to other ventures.

I would like to thank the people who made Nuestra Musica possible, I will start with the early period: Thank you Arlene, David, Annie and Jesse from WSLR Sarasota Florida, Thank you to Meredith from WGXC ACRA in the Hudson Valley, and thank you to all the radio stations that aired the show through the Pacifica Network. It has been an honor to work with you all.

Today we are presenting the Christmas Show, something that I have presented every year.

Highlights of the show are from the Argentinian, Misa Criolla, Creole Mass with music created by Ariel Ramirez with lyrics often by Félix Luna, blending traditional Catholic liturgical texts with vibrant Hispanic American folk rhythms and indigenous instruments.

Playlist:

Kyrie

Gloria

Carpinteria Jose

Hanchpachap Cussicuinin

Oy Comamos y Bebamos

Credo

La Huida

Sanctus

La Anunciacion

El Nacimiento

Agnus Dei

Candombe del 6 de Enero

Nino Lindo

Fum Fum Fum

Los Peces en el Rio

Noche de Paz

“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