Se Prendió La Banda Podcast

Mexican regional music podcast Se Prendió La Banda interviews Eduardo, Edgar, and Rojo from Los Nietos de Mochis — a guitar-style regional group from Sinaloa with 26 years of career.

An interview with musician Jorge Cuellar about his career in regional Mexican music, his influences, and his journey from YouTube tutorials to success.

A musician recounts his journey joining the famous banda group Arrolladora, sharing fears and memories.

El León y su gente (Héctor Hernández) cuenta cómo pasó de "León de la Sierra", nombre que surgió en un evento de caridad de Radio Gallito con Adrián Padilla, a su nombre artístico actual.

Alex Fernández, grandson of Vicente Fernández and son of Alejandro Fernández, recounts being told in 2018 to avoid ranchera music, then reaching number one on Mexican radio and earning Latin Grammy nominations with mariachi.

Se Prendió La Banda Podcast opens with a teaser, "¿te llegó a pasar por la mente que ahí había acabado tu carrera?", before the hosts talk with Banda MS members Walo and Alan in Guadalajara.

Chuy Lizárraga y El Coyote cuestionan en Se Prendió La Banda que se llenen estadios en Estados Unidos "regalando boletos" y prefieren públicos de 5,000 a 10,000 personas que paguen.

Lupe Esparza of Grupo Bronco recounts how "Sergio el Bailador" arrived after roughly 15 years of playing weddings and quinceañeras, when he was around 30 and working as a construction helper.

Ysrael Barajas reconoce "no me estoy sintiendo yo" y describe una soledad que no consigue llenar con fiesta ni alcohol.

Antonín Padilla afirma que Suno puede transformar una maqueta de guitarra y voz en una producción que suena "casi igual" a músicos reales.

Christian Félix cuenta que la gira de Somos Leyenda se cayó tras la controversia sobre los corridos, pese a haber invertido en estructura y visuales.

El cantante tapatío Arturo Vargas, con 45 años de carrera y 23 en el Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán, cuenta cómo pasó de cantar en Plaza Santa Cecilia a su etapa solista.

Recording in Mazatlán's Estudio 21, Maikel Medina tells Jonás about growing up in El Zapote, Zapopan, with a tololochero father and a mariachi grandfather.

Ramón Sánchez Lizárraga traces Estudio 21 from a flooded basement 50 meters from the Mazatlán beach, where a fan pointed downward was switched off whenever recording started.

Loreto says she left school and her job the day after turning 18, and that a 30-second Jessy Joy cover later reached 20 million views.

Se Prendió La Banda hosts Grupo Arriesgado, a 13-year-old regional Mexican band from Costa Rica, Sinaloa, who trace the song 'Ansiedad' (110+ million views) to two close friends, one with anxiety and one grieving a child.

Toño Lizárraga, formerly of La Original Banda El Limón, explains why he signed with Afinarte after years as an independent artist and why he accepted the invitation to the band's 70th anniversary shows.

El Yaki and Juanma, partners in Lab Records, say the "socializar" label comes from an interview El Yaki gave around 2015, and that he borrowed the word rather than inventing it.

Bruno and Benja Torres explain their joint tour 'Girando con Energía,' which merges two bands into a show of more than 40 musicians, including two tubas and two tamboras.

Arturo Macías, founder and arranger of Cuisillos, tells Se Prendió La Banda that he registered the band's songs, arrangements and phonograms, and that singing the whole repertoire without permission is "piratería".

Founder Arturo Macías and vocalist Rogelio Torres retell how Banda Cuisillos formed in Cuisillos, Jalisco, about 37 to 38 years ago.

Chiapas singer Armando Navarrez, 1.90 m tall and on his first tour in Guadalajara, recounts how a friend's invitation to a casting led him into the fifth generation of La Academia at 17 or 18.

Four singers from the Guadalajara banda scene (Oscar Flores, Winnie, Higgs and Moco) present their new project LMF, "La Más Fresona," on Se Prendió La Banda.

Torreón singer and creator Jerry tells host Carlos that his 3-million-follower Facebook page was hacked while Mazaclan called him about joining a team in Mazatlán.

Se Prendió La Banda Podcast brings Casimiro Zamudio and members linked to Mi Banda El Mexicano to Mazatlán, Sinaloa, to address claims about the group's origins and ownership of names.