Edna Vázquez is a Mexican mariachi singer-songwriter and LGBT advocate originally from Jalisco, Mexico, the mariachi heartland. She is known as a mariachi singer and you can hear those strains in her music, but Vázquez gathers many different influences into a bluesy personal style that might be called post-mariachi. She is what happens when you leave mariachi-land and that's … [Read more...] about Edna Vázquez Blends Regional Mexican with Folk Pop Rock for Carnegie Hall Citywide at the LGBT Community Center
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The Mariachi NYC Archive contains New York Latin Culture Magazine's feature coverage of Mariachi and Ranchera in New York City since 2018.
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Flor de Toloache, New York’s Female Mariachi, Plays Carnegie Hall with Nella
For more information, visit flordetoloache.com Mexican Regional Mexican, mariachi, music … [Read more...] about Flor de Toloache, New York’s Female Mariachi, Plays Carnegie Hall with Nella
Remember Chavela Vargas who didn’t just sing Mexican rancheras, she lived them
Chavela Vargas was an LGBT Mexican ranchera singer who didn't just sing rancheras, she lived them. Honestly, when I think of ranchera, I think of Chavela. Chavela Vargas Isabel Vargas Lizano was born in San Joaquín Flores, Costa Rica on April 17, 1919. She ran away to Mexico when she was 14, attracted by the creative energy of the Mexican Golden Age after the Mexican … [Read more...] about Remember Chavela Vargas who didn’t just sing Mexican rancheras, she lived them
Ana Gabriel Por Amor a Ustedes World Tour Brings Mariachi Pop to Barclays Center
Ana Gabriel is a mariachi pop star originally from Sinaloa, México. A Singer from Sinaloa Ana Gabriel was born María Guadalupe Araújo in Guamúchil, Sinaloa, Mexico in 1955. Sinaloa has a strong music culture. Banda is from there. Gabriel's peak years were the 1980s and 1990s, but she has continued to produce hit records. Winning the OTI Festival in 1986 … [Read more...] about Ana Gabriel Por Amor a Ustedes World Tour Brings Mariachi Pop to Barclays Center
Mariachi Los Camperos is the Orchestra That Put Mariachi on Stage
Mariachi Los Camperos is the multiple Grammy-winning mariachi orchestra from Los Angeles who brought mariachi out of the cantina, to La Fonda mariachi theater, and then onto the world's greatest stages. They are the most famous mariachis in the United States and one of the best in the world. They trained two generations of mariachi in the U.S. In early 2020, Los Camperos … [Read more...] about Mariachi Los Camperos is the Orchestra That Put Mariachi on Stage
“Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” is the World’s First Mariachi Opera
Cruzar la Cara de la Luna is the story of an immigrant family divided by the U.S. / Mexican border. All immigrant families face the same questions. "Where is home? Is it where we are born? Or where we live most of our lives? Is it with the family we leave behind or with the new ones we create?" "Where is home? Is it where we are born? Or where we live most of our lives? Is it … [Read more...] about “Cruzar la Cara de la Luna” is the World’s First Mariachi Opera