Mendoza Sergio Y La Orkesta - Sergio Mendoza Y La Orkesta

Facts Arizona's Sergio Mendoza and his band La Orkesta mix myriad Latin styles - what Mendoza calls indie mambo, salted with generous handfuls of cumbia, merengue, and ranchera - and then feed all that through a psychedelic prism. They perform their songs with charm and panache, set off by the fireworks of the group's resident showman, the multi-talented Salvador Duran, who sang with Willie Nelson on Senor in the 2007 Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There, and has performed alongside Neko Case, Iron and Wine, and Glen Hansard. Sergio Mendoza y La Orkesta, the band's full-length debut, was originally released as an LP in 2012.