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First Listen: Flor De Toloache, 'Dulces Recuerdos'

This foursome of Latino women weave jazz, classical, salsa, cumbia, folk, rock, country and hip-hop on the follow-up to their Grammy-nominated debut album.

There should be fireworks named after this band, for all the intensity and color and life that burst forth from Flor de Toloache.

These mariachis have moxie. They don't just sing; they could blast through mountains with their wails and gritos, and melt glaciers with the warmth of their gorgeous harmonies (figuratively speaking, of course). And they don't just play mariachi. Flor (The Pretty Faces): jazz, classical, salsa, cumbia, folk, rock, country and hip-hop.

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