Banda El Recodo & Banda Machos in Antioch

Banda El Recodo is a Mexican banda ensemble founded in Sinaloa in 1938 by clarinetist Cruz Lizárraga. Its recordings helped bring banda sinaloense to a broad popular audience, and its best-known songs include “Y Llegaste Tú,” “Te Presumo,” “Me Gusta Todo de Ti” and “La Mejor de Todas.” The group marked its 80th anniversary with a homecoming concert at Estadio Teodoro Mariscal in Mazatlán. Banda El Recodo has spent decades performing at fairs, theatres and arenas in Mexico and the United States, presenting a full ensemble of brass, clarinets, percussion and multiple vocalists. Far beyond its home region, the band headlines Mexican-music concerts in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.

Banda Machos is a Mexican technobanda group formed in 1990 in Villa Corona, Jalisco. Its brass-led regional Mexican dance music became closely associated with the quebradita movement of the 1990s. The band is known for songs including “La Culebra,” “Al Gato y al Ratón” and “Un Indio Quiere Llorar,” as well as the album Sangre de Indio. The group performed at the White House during Bill Clinton’s presidency, a notable appearance beyond its usual concert circuit. Banda Machos has also toured extensively on both sides of the border, playing dance halls, theatres, fairs and regional Mexican festivals across Mexico and the United States.