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Blessed with a vocal tone that rootsworldcom praised for its “precise intonations and sunny, smiling, sound,” Maria Salgado has taken the Castillan music of Spain to the international stage
The grande dame of Cuban music, Maria Teresa Vera was not only the greatest female trova singer of all time, she was also one of the form’s greatest singers, period Vera became a professional musician and songwriter — and a mightily popular one at that — during the early 20th century, when such a career was virtually unheard of for a woman
Mariachi Cobre is one of the best known mariachi bands in the United States, performing for millions of visitors at Epcot Center, Disney World in Orland, Florida since 1982 Originally based in Tucson, Arizona, the group was formed by guitarron and guitar player Randy Carrillo, a veteran of the first mariachi group in the U
Mariachi Coculense de Cirilo Marmolejo was one of the most influential of Mexico’s mariachi bands Initially known as Mariachi de Justo Villa and Violins del Cerro, the group laid the framework for every succeeding mariachi group
Proclaimed “Ambassadors of Goodwill” in San Antonio, TX, Mariachi Los Caporales achieved the Group of the Year award by a national mariachi newsletter in 1996 That same year, the band, which was founded in 1993 by Roy Quintero, participated in Mazz’s Mazz Mariachi y Tradición
Mariachi music is given a feminine touch by the 11 women in LA-based Mariachi Mujer 2000 Directed by guitarron player Marisa Orduno and musical director and violinist Laura Sobrino, the group includes six women formerly with the first all-woman mariachi group in the United States, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles
Legendary Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan was founded in 1965 by brothers Pepe Martínez Barajas and Fernando Martínez Barajas, carrying out tours around Latin America and the US soon after
This mariachi band from Jalisco, Mexico, preserves the style without trying to popularize it for bigger audiences Jesus Reyes leads the band, while Jesus and Cesareo Morales play violins; all members of the band come from long-established families of musicians
Assembled by José Hernández in 1981, Sol de America became one of the main traditional Mexican acts in the US performing mariachi (a combination of the name Maria with the indigenous diminutive suffix “chi,” popularized in the 1930s when trumpets were added)
Jose Hernandez, bandleader of the internationally recognized group Mariachi Sol de Mexico, was born in 1958 in the state of Mexicali, Mexico Hernandez came from a musical family, apprenticed alongside his five brothers in the traditional folk music of the region, including mariachi