Back in 2005, my daughter and son-in-law held their wedding at Hacienda San Angel in Puerto Vallarta. It was a beautiful affair with many festivities. After the welcoming sunset cocktail party at El Set, many of us dropped down to El Dorado’s restaurant on the beach near the pier in the Zona Romantica. There I […]
I usually dedicate this column to one artist at a time, but these two talents are in my mind inseparable. They have enchanted audiences in Puerto Vallarta with their band Media Luna for four seasons now since relocating from San Miguel de Allende. As most of their fans know, Jair and Caleb Cabrera are brothers.
At a mere 32 years of age, Fernando Gonzalez has drawn together some of the best talents in Puerto Vallarta for his band Piel Canela. In addition to his excellent vocal and guitar skills, Fernando has proven to be a great producer. Fernando loved guitar from a very early age, playing mostly for his church
Brian Macedo is a very talented musician with vision and dedication. His group, Trem de Minas, is spectacular. They amassed a large following in local venues and created quite a stir at the Bahia World Music Festival in December of 2019 here in Puerto Vallarta before the pandemic changed the landscape in 2020 and the
When I first met Nacho Flores in 2014, his group Moruno played the jazz manouche of Django Reinhardt, Flamenco of Southern Spain and music from around the Mediterranean Sea. I was captivated when I heard them at Cuates y Cuetes next to the pier in the Zona Romantica. At that time, Moruno was Nacho from
A couple of years ago after a wonderful concert in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, I was able to sit down with Esaú Galván, a classically trained Spanish guitarist, and chat about his childhood, his career as a master Flamenco guitarist, and his plans for the future. When Esaú was a boy, La Cruz was primarily
Jaír Cabrera, the co-founder of the popular Media Luna band, is the man behind the organization of Bahia World Music Festival. His dream is to create a yearly venue to showcase the incredible talent found around Banderas Bay and other parts of Mexico and bring this talent to the attention of an ever-broader audience, making
Fernando Gonzales is the leader of the band Piel Canela which has become one of the most popular flamenco rumba bands in Puerto Vallarta in the last few years. Fernando loved guitar from a very early age, playing mostly for his church and family. Some nine years ago, when he was working at Garbos Piano
