Hermanos Gutiérrez in Vancouver

Hermanos Gutiérrez are a Swiss-Ecuadorian instrumental duo formed in Zurich by brothers Alejandro and Estevan Gutiérrez. Their guitar-led music draws on Latin American styles and western-film scores; the albums El Bueno y El Malo and Sonido Cósmico, and tracks including “Thunderbird,” brought the duo a wider audience. In 2022, Hermanos Gutiérrez opened North American dates for Khruangbin, bringing their two-guitar instrumental set to amphitheatres. The duo performed at Coachella in 2023, and NPR documented the same live format that year in a Tiny Desk Concert.

Y La Bamba is an American indie-folk group formed in Portland in 2008 by Mexican American singer-songwriter Luz Elena Mendoza. The group writes in English and Spanish, drawing on folk, Latin American music and experimental pop across albums including Ojos del Sol, Mujeres and Lucha. In 2017, Y La Bamba performed a Tiny Desk Concert at NPR, presenting its bilingual material in an intimate ensemble setting. Two years later, the group performed songs from Mujeres in a full-band session for KEXP.