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Once again the winter is upon us and in Nuestra Muscia we will be playing music from some warmer climates. We will start with Trini Lopez and “Cuando Calienta el Sol” (when the sun heats up), written by Nicaraguan songwriter and bandleader Rafael Gastón Pérez, sung by Los Hermanos Rigual, we continue with warmer weather with Cuban Quartet Vocal Vidas and the song “Soy Cubana”, the Bolivian group Llajtaymanta with “Para que la Vida” and the Costan Rican group Cuarteto de Guitarras de Costa Rica and the song “Pasillo en Mi Menor”.

Also, from Costa Rica Maf E Tula will be singing as well Newyorikan bobby Sanabria and from Laredo Texas, Poncho Sánchez. 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 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