On New Year’s Day of 2021, Covid-19 took another life, this time that of our dear friend Cassandra Trejo, a well-known personality in the mariachi festival world. Cassandra Clemence was... read more →
Click here to listen to the original recording of "Nola" by Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, with Miguel Martínez as trumpet soloist Experience the Splendor of the Mariachi Trumpet with... read more →
This is the second posting of a series of profiles written by mariachi historian Jonathan Clark on current members of Mariachi Vargas. Profiles will be posted on Mariachimusic.com blogs leading up... read more →
Miguel Martínez is often referred to as the father of the modern mariachi trumpet. He began his career as a teenager in Plaza Garibaldi of the mid-1930s, at a time... read more →
A Miguel Martínez se le refiere como el padre de la trompeta mariachera moderna. Comenzó su carrera cuando aun era adolescente en la Plaza Garibaldi a mediados de los años treinta, en... read more →
Por Jonathan Clark Miguel Martínez No puede negarse el hecho de que, a sus 89 años de edad, Miguel Martínez es el instrumentista de mayor trascendencia en toda la historia... read more →
By Jonathan Clark Miguel Martinez Few would dispute the fact that 89-year-old maestro Miguel Martínez is the most influential instrumentalist in the history of mariachi music. He not only... read more →