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If you ask the members of Grupo Frontera why they’ve become such a phenomenon in música mexicana, they’ll probably say they’re just having fun. “Cumbias, I don’t want to say we revived them,” says vocalist Payo Solis, looking hesitantly at his bandmates at first. Then he adds: “But when we started playing them, it gave the genre a whole new life.” Over the last year, the Texan band has rocketed to the top of Latin music, even joining Bad Bunny onstage at Coachella 2023 for a rendition of their collaboration…

Grupo Firme is ready for more desmadre. On Monday, the música Mexicana superstar group fronted by Eduin Caz announced that they will bring their La Última Peda Tour to the U.S. this summer. The tour’s title, which roughly translates to The Last Drunken Party, seems to imply a farewell. However, a LiveNation spokesperson confirms to Rolling Stone that the tour is not a farewell, and its title is more a play on the feeling of a hangover when you promise not to drink again. Speculation about a goodbye from…

Shakira will return with her first album in seven years, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, on March 22 — and she’s bringing company. The musician has shared the complete tracklist for the record, which features appearances from Cardi B, Grupo Frontera, Tiësto, and more. Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran will span 16 songs, including the previously released collaborations “Music Sessions Vol. 53” with Bizarrap, “TQG” with Karol G, “Te Felicito” with Rauw Alejandro, “El Jefe” with Fuerza Regida, and “Copa Vacía” with Manuel Turizo.…

The heartfelt song is accompanied by a video shot by Abelardo Baez, premiering exclusively on Rolling Stone Grupo Frontera isn’t giving up on love. The Mexican American band knows how to pull at the heartstrings, and the group members have done it again with the new single “Quédate Bebé.” In a video premiering exclusively on Rolling Stone, Grupo Frontera performs the song on a rooftop and urges a romantic interest to stay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kCX2VWHTRo Lead singer…

There’s busking and there’s sightseeing busing. The popular Banda musicians of Tijuana’s Grupo Firme combined the two and boisterously made their way through Boyle Heights on Thursday ahead of their record-breaking Memorial Day weekend concert at SoFi Stadium atop an iconic red sightseeing bus. Performing aboard the two-deck vehicle, the regional Mexican music septet visited the Mariachi Plaza and El Mercadito while in Boyle Heights — two cultural hubs in the predominantly Mexican L.A. neighborhood. Footage posted on…

On Feb. 16, 2022, the members of Grupo Frontera posted their first YouTube video as a band: a live, laid-back cumbia cover of the 2007 mariachi smash “Estos Celos,” as written by Joan Sebastian and performed by Vicente Fernandez.In the year since Grupo Frontera’s inception, the Rio Grande Valley players have made enormous strides — not just for themselves but for the regional Mexican genre, which is enjoying more fanfare than ever before.In April, the group made magic with Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny, in their joint…

<!----> Novares and Grupo Manuel Champalimaud (GMC) announced they concluded the sale of Novares’ European bezels and clusters business to GMC on 28 February 2023. The deal had been signed between the two parties on 29 November, 2022 and a ceremony was held on 8 March at GMC…

Grupo Antolin, the interiors supplier, said it posted a “strong” result in the first nine months of the year, “amid significant uncertainties and in a sector that is still far from pre-pandemic figures”. The company’s sales in January-September grew 11% year on year to EUR3,220.4m. In the first nine months, global vehicle production grew by 7%, although it was still affected by global supply chain issues such as…

Interiors specialist Grupo Antolin and TrinamiX, a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF and a claimed leader in biometrics, will jointly develop products for more secure and convenient vehicle access by integrating face authentication into new product lines. Antolin will take advantage of its experience and knowledge in smart surfaces for vehicle interiors to also offer advanced exterior human machine interface (HMI) systems.…

Interiors supplier Grupo Antolin said second quarter (April-June) were up 7.4% year on year to EUR1,117.9 million. The supplier said the automotive industry continued to record low production levels, due to semiconductor shortages and the effects of the Ukraine war on supply chain and sales in Europe, as well as new mobility restrictions in China to cope with the pandemic. Global vehicle production grew 1% in the second…