Their 2018 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings release “Cruzando Borders,” showcases the band’s affinity for conjunto tejano fused with diverse elements from various genres like rock & roll and jazz, while remaining musically grounded in Conjunto Tejano.
Anyone familiar with polka music in Wisconsin and beyond may find the alluring “Tex-Mex” sound curiously familiar and yet refreshingly ‘different’.
To learn about the genre’s early and formative relationship with 1830s – 1840s migration of German immigrants to the state of Texas in the U.S. More information to consider here.
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