Music

509: Mireya Ramos

Flor de Toloache, a mariachi band cofounded by this Latin Grammy winner, is not just all women, it’s all world: “We had women from Australia, Korea, Egypt, Japan.” Which means it could only be formed in New York City. Additional music: Daniel Espiliz, guitar, Shae Fiol, vocals. Produced with Greenwich House School.

Person: Mercedes Sosa
Place: Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Thing: her violin
Randy’s Place: a Thompson Street tenement

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