Los Palominos

The Tejano music of the Texas and Mexico borderlands has been transformed into an exciting dance music by the charting, Grammy- and Latin Grammy-winning Los Palominos. While their repertoire includes polkas, rancheros, boleros, corridos, ballads, and cumbias and their instrumentation is based on the traditional sounds of accordion and bajo sexto, the Uvalde, Texas-based band has crafted a very modern-sounding music thanks in no small part to their unique use of keyboards and samplers -- particularly, but not exclusively -- in cumbias that have resonated with younger listeners ...