Most Americans know mariachi as the bands in sombreros and uniforms with silver broaches up the pants legs who play in restaurants. Often all-male, the surround your table and play high energy...
Grupo Bella is an all-female (almost) multi-faceted group from the Los Angeles area that uses Mariachi instrumentation to perform many different styles of music adding a modern twist to Mariachi music while...
Usually, I don’t write about myself in LA LA Land, but this week I will make an exception because of the event and the location. But I will keep it short. The...
Mariachi Estrellas de Chula Vista was formed in 2011 by graduates of Mariachi Chula Vista who wished to continue to rehearse and perform mariachi music at a high level as they pursued university and college...
Release in late 2018 and re-released in 2019 for awards, Angel Baby sung by Nancy Sanchez and directed by John Cantú is both exquisitely beautiful and a very pointed story. A reworking...
Independence Day, September 16, in Mexico is actually about a week long. It celebrates the beginning of the war for independence from Spain in 1810 when a Catholic priest, Miguel Hidalgo y...
Nancy Sanchez is an award-winning Jazz vocalist, songwriter, mariachi band member, and pop singer. Â Born in Toluca Mexico, Â raised in Southern California, she has won three Orange County Music Awards and many...
It’s low season in the Guadalajara region of Mexico. The snowbirds don’t arrive from Canada until winter, the temperatures are mild so the denizens of Guadalajara – the capital of Jalisco State...
