Chico Alvarez has been played on NTS in shows including FATIMA'S MAPLE SYRUP WAFFLE SHOW, featured first on 26 January 2024. Songs played include Con El Ritmo Del Tambo and Va'l Carretero.

Ernesto "Chico" Alvarez Peraza is a Latin American music artist who is known throughout the New York City and tri-state area simply as Chico Alvarez. He currently performs with the Afro-Cuban band Mafimba and has been a performer (mostly as the lead singer) for the last four decades. He is the host of a Latin jazz radio show on Sunday afternoons at WBAI radio (99.5 FM) called the New World Gallery. Alvarez is…