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Deyra Barrera Performs "La Noche de mi Mal" From Her Backyard with Tia Josefina

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Deyra Barrera, regional Mexican singer and mariachi performer, has been hanging out in her backyard with family. Here she is celebrating her Tía's birthday.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by deyrabarrera (@deyrabarreratv) on May 23, 2020 at 7:44pm PDT

Title: La Noche de mi Mal
Presented by: @deyrabarreratv
Artist: Deyra Berrara and Tía Josefina Valenzuela
Originally posted: May 25, 2020

About Deyra Barrera
Deyra is the co-founder of her own Mariachi group, Mariachi Corazon de Mexico. She has a long history as a Mariachi musician and has performed in national and international singing reality television shows. Most recently, she was one of the four finalist on La Reina de la Canción.

See how Mariachi groups are finding ways to survive and support one another, like Mariachi Aguilas de Oxnard, who took to the fields to celebrate farmers. Featuring special performances by La Marisoul and Quetzal.

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