

Ángela looks to Rocío Dúrcal, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys and Roger Waters.

Pepe gravitated toward rock growing up, with his musical influences including The Who and Pink Floyd. While Pepe and Ángela grew up in different times, both their journeys sing a similar tune. "They're adding their own flair and their own tastes," Pepe says.Ĭoachella 2022: Grupo Firme lights up the stage with Mexican banda "We have a lot of young artists choosing to pursue musica Mexicana," he says, "I love it." Artists including Christian Nodal, Grupo Firme, Calibre 50, and Yahritza y Su Esencia are hitting festival stages for the first time and fusing different sounds and styles that speak to younger fanbases. Looking at the future of Mexican music, Pepe sees it "evolving like everything else in life. 'We knew we had something different': Gera MX, Christian Nodal on their genre-bending hit 'Botella Tras Botella' Bridge to the future: Ángela Aguilar takes the reins As regional Mexican music continues to evolve with younger generations of artists embracing and experimenting with the genre that dates back to the Mexican Revolution, the Aguilar family is still paving the path for where it can go. The Aguilar family legacy may run deep, but it's more than music it's history. She is the youngest daughter of Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, and producer Pepe Aguilar, and granddaughter of the late ranchera and corrido music titan Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestre, a singer and veteran of the golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1950s. "It’s a big responsibility to be a part of something so big that has taken two generations to curate." Ángela was born into musical royalty, after all. Donning a red, white and green charro-style skirt draped gracefully over her galloping Andalusian horse, Mexican American singer Ángela Aguilar serenaded thousands of fans at Crypto Arena in her hometown of Los Angeles in October.Īt 19, she's mastering her stage presence and delivering chilling renditions of her late grandmother's classics "Cachito De Mi Vida" and "Gaviota Traidora," rightfully earning her the title "princess of Mexican music."
