Banda Cuisillos

Banda Cuisillos comprises a sizable ensemble of skilled performers whose signature sound blends romantic Mexican traditions with the vivid Native American attire they don for concerts. The ensemble captured its first recording, Tengo una Novia, in 1995. Across the ensuing half-decade the act produced additional long-playing albums for both Musart and PolyGram Records. Acuerdate de Mi, issued in 1998, introduced electric instruments to the group’s established palette, an innovation that provoked debate among longtime listeners. Commercial momentum nevertheless continued upward, culminating in the platinum certification awarded to 2000’s Hasta la Eternidad. The following year’s Puras Rancheras earned a Latin Grammy, after which Nuevos Horizontes appeared just three months later and Homenaje a Joan Sebastian arrived in June 2002. Five further discs emerged over the subsequent three years while the musicians maintained an intensive touring schedule.