La Luna Nueva: «Edna Vazquez with Mariachi Los Palmeros»

La Luna Nueva: «Edna Vazquez with Mariachi Los Palmeros»

One performance: 7:30 p.m. • Thursday, Sept. 22, 2011 • $15 advance, $17 door 

Tickets: 503-236-7253 or Online Box Office

Originally from Colima, Edna Vazquez is a rising star, a remarkable singer/songwriter, guitarist and member of Los Palmeros Mariachi band, who with a number of guest musicians offers Milagro audiences the extraordinary experience of three distinct styles of Mexican mariachi music from the regions of Occidente, Huasteca and Norteña.

For more information, visit Edna Vazquez’s website or Los Palmeros website.

        
  

Listen to a selection of Edna’s original music on Radio Milagro!
Listen to a selection from Los Palmeros mariachi band!

Edna Vazquez grew up for 16 years in Jalisco where the soul of mariachi was born. At 17 she arrived in the U.S. and started a career that she wouldn’t have imagined in the music business. She found herself writing and performing music and songs that lift people’s souls. She went on to sing nationally on television shows and contests. She recently graduated from college with a major in Education, and is about to publish her first book of poems later this year. 

Since 1997, Mariachi Band «Los Palmeros» was born with his Director trumpet player Aurelio Garnica,  Edna Vazquez joined the band in 1998 becoming the first woman and mariachi singer vocalist/guitar player in the North West.  Mariachi Los Palmeros is been around in the Oregon area for more than a decade, dedicated to entertain weddings, XV year old (Quinceaneras), Romantic Serenades and Cultural Festivals among all kinds of social events.  Los Palmeros has been presented all over Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, and North California.  Los Palmeros is a well known band in the North West and the Latino Community; they have accompanied Latin American celebrities, and Mexican Idols as Yolanda del Rio, Maribel Guardia, Federico Villa, Beatriz Adriana, Marco A Solis, among others.  Mariachi Band Los Palmeros from Director Trumpet player Aurelio Garnica brings the traditional sound into a trip to all over Mexico.