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Jessi Uribe on Making Grammys History: ‘This Puts Colombia’s Música Popular on the Radar’
Jessi Uribe talks about making Grammys history as the first Regional Colombian artist nominated in the Best Música Mexicana album category.
The genre — initially known as música de carrilera or música de cantina — was born more than five decades ago in the country’s coffee region, and first gained traction in small towns and local bars with the help of genre pioneers including Darío Gómez, Luis Alberto Posada and El Charrito Negro. I’ve had the opportunity to work with Espinoza Paz, Carín León, Alejandro Fernández, Joss Favela, people who know that I love ranchera music and that I have been a part of it since I was a child. Following the 67th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday (Feb. 2), Uribe will have a concert at the Hard Rock Live on Feb. 21 in Hollywood, Fla., and says a new album — that he worked on with Favela in Mexico, and includes a collab with Grupo Firme — is on the horizon.
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