New York-based Latin star Mireya Ramos - is a Grammy-winning violinist and vocalist who came to New Zealand for WOMAD and stayed when lockdown closed the borders. She was here with her female alternative mariachi band Flor de Toloache, but kept touring and streaming live concerts and collaborating with the likes of Troy Kingi. She's released new music and has four gigs left to play in the North Island before she heads back to the US to start a 50 date tour!
Mireya Ramos Photo: Supplied by artist
Mireya's favourites:
Songs
No Bulto by Velcro
Razón de vivir by Mercedes Sosa
La Rumba me llamo yo by Dayme Arocena
Quisiera by Flor de Toloache featuring John Legend and Cultura Profética
Books
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Spanish: Cien años de soledad) by Gabriel García Márquez
The Te of Piglet by Benjamin Hoff
A Night at the Circus' by Angela Carter
Movies
The Goonies
Beetlejuice
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