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Preview: Flor De Toloache

Andrei Averbuch

The award winning NYC Mariachi group Flor de Toloaches performs Thursday night at Purdue University. The Purdue Convocations event starts at 7:30pm at the Purdue Memorial Ballrooms. Flor de Toloaches mix traditional Mexican music with pop tunes, and their own originals. championed by Paul McCartney, Questlove, and Café Tacvba, they hail from diverse cultural backgrounds such as Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Australia, Colombia, Germany, Italy and the United States.

WBAA's John Clare spoke with founder Mireya Ramos about their tour, traditions, insprirations, and what's ahead in 2019.

There's more information here. A pre-show meetup is at 6:30pm at the PMU Ballrooms.

John Nasukaluk Clare is comfortable behind a microphone, streaming video or playing violin. A former broadcaster for NPR, John has previously worked with Voice of America, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and stations in Texas, Kansas, Nevada, California, and Pennsylvania. In 2005, Clare earned the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP for radio broadcasting, citing his work on 20/20 Hearing. Having performed with famed tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli, John has worked with the Mozart Festival Texas, Mid Texas Symphony, Nevada Chamber Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic and Wichita Symphony Orchestra.
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