From the Isle of Music, August 1-7: This week, our guest is Manolito Simonet, producer/participant in the album Al son del caballero by the Alianza Musical de Cuba. This tribute to Adalberto Álvarez won a Grand Prize, the Producer's Prize, and one of the Popular Dance Music prizes in Cubadisco this year. 1. For Eastern Europe but audible well beyond the target area in most of the Eastern Hemisphere (including parts of East Asia and Oceania) with 100Kw, Sunday 1500-1600 UTC on SpaceLine, 9400 KHz, from Sofia, Bulgaria (1800-1900 MSK) 2. For the Americas and parts of Europe, Tuesday 0000-0100 UTC on WBCQ, 7490 kHz from Monticello, ME, USA (Monday 8-9PM EDT in the US). 3 & 4. For Europe and sometimes beyond, Tuesday 1900-2000 UTC and Saturday 1200-1300 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 kHz from Rohrbach, Germany. Our Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/fromtheisleofmusic/ Our V-Kontakte page is https://vk.com/fromtheisleofmusic Our Patreon page is https://www.patreon.com/tilford Uncle Bill's Melting Pot, Àugust 1-7: In episode 228, we enjoy some excellent rock jazz from 1970s Bulgaria. The transmissions take place: 1.Sunday 2200-2300 (6:00PM -7:00PM EDT) on WBCQ The Planet 7490 kHz from the US to the Americas and parts of Europe 2. Tuesday 2000-2100 UTC on Channel 292, 6070 kHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe. 3. Saturday 0800-0900 UTC on Channel 292, 9670 kHz from Rohrbach, Germany for Europe with a directional booster aimed eastward. Our Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/UncleBillsMeltingPot/ Our V-Kontakte page is https://vk.com/fromtheisleofmusic Our Patreon page is https://www.patreon.com/tilford Perú le canta a las Américas (Peru Sings To the Americas) Date/Time: Thursday, July 29th, 0300-0400 UTC** **(Wednesday July 28 2200-2300 Lima Time/CDT) WRMI 5800 kHz In honor of the bicentennial of Peru’s independence, a special hour of Peruvian music hosted by Luis Alejandro Vallebueno with guests Estefania Rivera and  “Uncle Bill” Tilford will air on WRMI, which is  sponsoring the program.   It will be in Spanish and directed towards Central and South America, but the back end of the transmission should be listenable in much of North America.  The music will be a combination of world-famous artists and others probably not known outside of Peru.  There will also be some items regarding history, customs and shortwave in Peru.