Previous Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza “Best in the U.S” vocalist and Odessa native Esteban Velasquez has spent the past 8 months working on his first CD Ladron de Amores. The CD was produced in part by Fernando de Santiago, Pepe Aguilar’s musical director, and Raul Carballeda, vocal director for the international televised vocal competition “La Academia.” Esteban and Raul met in Mexico while Esteban competed on the TV AZTECA program last year.

Ladron de Amores features Esteban singing both mariachi and banda with mariachi musical arrangements written by Alberto Alfaro of Mariachi Vargas and the banda arrangements by Jose Luis Arreguin. Alberto Alfaro wrote 2 songs for the new CD Broma del Destino and Ladron de Amores.

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