For Maria Cuevas it’s not about her…then again, it is.  Maria’s inspiration for music comes from her grandmother, Maria Teresa Alonzo Cuevas, a pioneer in Mariachi who in the 70s founded Mariachi Estrella, one of the first all-female Mariachi bands in the US. Today Maria Cuevas is a vocalist and guitarist playing acoustic, electric, and traditional Mexican stringed instruments.  Her sound is a blend of Mexicana/Americana/indie, blues, rock/funk/soul fusion – a true hybrid of Mexican folklore and rock ’n roll delivered in both English and Spanish. ​On stage, there is an amalgam of traditional Mexican and American rock instrumentation – drums, bass, electric guitars, acoustic guitars, traditional Mexican stringed instruments, pedal steel guitar, congas, and percussion, trumpet, keyboards. A passionate delivery of American roots music forms dosed with traditional Mexican harmonic and rhythmic influences alongside traditional Mexican music – Mariachi, Cumbia, and more.  The repertoire comes to life with original music – from incendiary love songs to social and political commentary – written and arranged in collaborations between Maria and Garrett Nordstrom and penned in both English and Spanish.