La Santa Cecilia

Los Angeles-based La Santa Cecilia is a "new thing" Latin rock group that draws musical inspiration from across the globe, utilizing Pan-American rhythms from Colombian and Mexican cumbia, bossa nova, rhumba, bolero, and tango and marrying them to rock, soul, R&B, ska, jazz, and even klezmer. The children of immigrants, their acclaimed 2013 debut album, Treinta Dias, won a Grammy for Best Latin Rock Album. In 2017, the audiovisual album Amar y Vivir featured covers recorded live to tape on streets, in plazas, cantinas, and theaters around Mexico City, while 2019's La Santa Cecilia was written amid loss and grief as the fathers of three bandmembers' passed away in the previous 18 months. In October 2021, the band issued the single "Quiero Verte Feliz" in collaboration with Lila Downs. It also served as the title track of their seventh album, released in November.