Noel Torrés

Noel Torres is a regional Mexican singer/songwriter and accordionist. He was born in Rancho El Varejonal in Badiraguato, Sinaloa. Music was a big part of his family life; his father sing at family parties and gatherings. The younger Torres was deeply influenced by the music of Los Tucanes de Tijuana and Ramon Ayala, and loved to sing romantic ballads and corridos. To encourage him, his father bought him his first accordion as an adolescent. A friend taught him to play the basics, but he was a quick study and went off on his own, learning to play by ear. Because of this, he dev...