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Celebrate Día de los Muertos with Boston's first all-female mariachi group

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Veronica Robles performing at the WBUR studios. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
Veronica Robles performing at the WBUR studios. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Tomorrow night, Veronica Robles and her mariachi ensemble perform at Symphony Hall for the first Día de los Muertos, the day of the dead, concert. In 2018, Robles founded Boston's first all-female mariachi band in New England.

Robles joins Radio Boston to share her love for music and how mariachi helped her through the most difficult moments of her life.

This segment aired on October 31, 2024.

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