The resurgence of cultural and racial pride in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s had a parallel in Puerto Rico-so much so that today, the mere sound of música jíbara can provoke a cheer of cultural and national pride. In the forward-looking words of the young singer on this recording, Karol Aurora De Jesús Reyes, the music "Will make us shine around the world, until the people hear the music and say, 'Look, that is the music of Puerto Rico.' It's the music of my country, that which represents us and that which identifies us as a people." Leader Miguel Santiago Díaz hand-picked this group of virtuosic instrumentalists to let the music to shine at its brightest.
16 tracks, 66 minutes

1. A mi dulce amada (To My Sweet Beloved) Aguinaldo costanero (3:57)
   


2. La herencia de mi papá (The Heritage of My Father) Seis Mariandá (3:13)


3. Jíbaro hasta el hueso (Jíbaro to the Bone) Aguinaldo Aguas Buenas (3:58)
   


4. Somos los puertorriqueños (We Are the Puerto Ricans) Seis viequense (4:24)
   


5. Dulce sueño mío (Sweet Dream of Mine) Aguinaldo cagüeno (4:09)
   


6. Margarita Danza (3:07)



7. Y amo la libertad (And I Love Freedom) Seis Bayamón (4:26)


8. La Loma del Tamarindo (The Tamarind Hill) Cante Jondo de Vieques (6:47)


9. En mi estrofa decimal (In My Ten-Line Strophes) Seis llanera jíbara (4:53)
   


10. Trova con sabor (Verses with Flavor) Aguinaldo Matrullas (3:27)


11. Mi plena felicidad (My Complete Happiness) Seis Comerío (3:56)


12. Marumba a Guadiana (Marumba for Guadiana) Marumba (2:25)
    


13. Los gallos cantaron (The Roosters Sang) Aguinaldo jíbaro (5:31)
    


14. En un eterno poema (In an Eternal Poem) Seis villarán (3:53)


15. María Leticia Mazurca (2:25)


16. Diálogo (Dialogue) Seis chorreao (5:19)