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The first 4 songs are dedicated to my late sister Maria Dolores, April 28 would've been her birthday. To Mary with love.

We start with her homonymous Spanish singer Maria Dolores Pradera and the songs Luz de Luna and Yo Vendo Unos Ojos Negros, followed by Leonardo Favio and La Hija de Juan Simón and finally in this quartet of songs Oscar Aleman with Para mi eres divina. 

Today show will be presenting as well Perez Prado, Juan Luis Guerra, Monna Bell, Los Guacamayos, Alberto Cortez, Trio Siboney and Los Churumbeles de Espana.  Enjoy the music and thank you for listening and supporting your community 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 Newspaper in D.C., Maryland and Virginia; and radio host in Sarasota FL, Hudson New York, and Pacifica Radio Stations.