Do you know Las Chorizeras? Not the sausage, the band. If not, you should, because the four women who make up this unique Mexican-American “alt mariachi” fusion band are not only fun...
There is a great deal of creativity now in regional Mexican, national Mexican, and Spanish language music, and to my mind, most of it is coming from women. And bands led by...
As I have written here, mariachi music has experienced a remarkable rise in popularity throughout the United States. According to a 2019 report by Nielsen Music, Latin music, which includes mariachi, was...
I took a team from the Lakeside News/Semanario Laguna organization in Ajijic to Guadalajara (about an hour's drive) Wednesday night to see Flor de Toloache at the C3 Rooftop, one of Guadalajara’s...
Arrullos Mexicanos, a collection album compiled by Platoon with various artists. A dreamy collection of Mexican lullabies featuring Flor de Toloache, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido, Centavrvs, Denise Gutiérrez, Reyna Tropical, Pahua, Sonido...
Nocturno, album by Elsten Torres. An album of healing for the heaviness of our times The renowned love song singer now turns his attention to loving the world. Ten songs that ride...
When I arrived in Mexico three years ago, there was a vacant lot at the corner of Calle Aldama and the highway that serves as the town’s main street. Along an informal...
La Tierra by Flor de Toloache. The Grammy-winning indie mariachi group covers a 1997 patriotic classic by the legendary band EKHYMOSIS, considered by many as the “second Colombian anthem” The music moves...
