Aurelio Valle

New York-based singer, songwriter, and film composer Aurelio Valle is best known for his work with experimental rock group Calla, which he formed in 1997. Raised in Kingsville, Texas by Mexican immigrant parents, Valle's musical influences range from the mariachi and ranchera styles he heard as a child to the skate rock and punk he discovered as a teenager which first drew him into playing guitar. The roots of Calla began in Denton, Texas, when Valle and future Calla members Wayne Magruder and Peter Gannon formed the band the Factory Press. The group relocated to New York in 1...