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Celebrating Lalo Guerrero

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Love Letters to the Pima County Public Library; The Art of Paying Attention to Great Horned Owls; Looking back on Hollywood's Golden Age "Star System".

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Featured on the December 16th, 2016 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:

  • This Christmas Eve would have been the 100th birthday of Arizona music legend Lalo Guerrero, known around the world as the father of Chicano music. Using excerpts from her own exclusive interviews and concert recordings, AZPM's Nancy Montoya looks back at Lalo Guerrero's colorful career, and the affection he always expressed for his hometown of Tucson...
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ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT airs every Friday at 8:30 am and 6:00 pm and every Saturday at 5:00 pm on NPR 89.1 FM / 1550 AM.

rosalia pierre spotlight Rosalia Pierre reads her "Love Letter to the Library" in the AZPM radio studio.
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