Springfed Records Album Release featuring Belen y Tocayo & Felipe Perez
Felipe started playing at ten years old in 1950, leading his own conjunto in the rough and tumble cantinas of Corpus Christi such as the 1-2-3 Club and El Rey De La Polka Club. Felipe learned to play accordion from the great Juan Lopez, a Corpus Christi conjunto master known as “El Rey de la Redova.” Felipe is also an accomplished bajo sexto player, and he played with Lopez for many years. Felipe recorded with his group Los Sargentos in the 1950s for labels such as Bohemia, with singers such as Isidro Lopez and Sofia Rodriguez. He recorded several LPs for Joey International as Felipe Perez y Sus Polkeros. Felipe has since brought his music to audiences throughout Texas and across the country. The new Felipe Perez y Sus Polkeros Spring Fed Records album features Felipe on accordion, Virginio Castillo on bajo sexto, and Ramon Gutierrez on tololoche.
About Belen Escobedo:
Belen Escobedo plays rare and beautiful fiddle tunes in the South Texas Tejano (Texas-Mexican) tradition. Growing up on the South side of San Antonio and working as a professional fiddler since she was a teenager, Belen has preserved a unique style of fiddling that has all but disappeared from the Texas borderlands. Belen has a vast and unique repertoire, including tunes she learned from her grandfather’s whistling.
Belen performs at festivals, concerts, dances, and other events as the leader of two groups: Belen y Tocayoand Panfilo’s Güera. Both groups feature Belen on fiddle accompanied by bajo sexto (12 string bass) andtololoche (a borderlands upright bass). Belen Escobedo has twice been a featured fiddler at the Festival of Texas Fiddling. In 2017 was awarded theprestigious Texas Master Fiddler Award. She has performed at the Polkapocalypse Festival, Texas Folklife, and numerous other events and festivals across Texas. In summer 2018, Belen is a featured artist at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, Washington.
Belen Escobedo Sample Live Tracks:
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