![]() My mother’s side of the family is from Tampico, Tamaulipas, a port city known for its lively people, its abundance of seafood and sweet mango trees, and its beautiful beaches. Growing up in a Mexican household, I would separate the music my parents enjoyed into three categories: 1) romantic ballads of artists like Juan Gabriel, Lupita D’Alessio, and Camilo Sesto 2) accordion-heavy norteñas by groups like Ramon Ayala y Sus Bravos del Norte and Los Cadetes de Linares and 3) all the cumbias.įrom classic cumbias by bands like La Sonora Dinamita, Los Angeles Azules or Fito Olivares y La Pura Sabrosura, or more norteño-style cumbias by the likes of Bronco or Celso Piña (and later Limite), cumbias have been a consistent part of my life ever since I can remember.īut, there’s one artist in particular that stood out to me as a kid because of his particular style of cumbias and also his on-stage persona- Rigo Tovar y Su Conjunto Costa Azul. ![]()
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