Lesly Reynaga at The Bitter End

Mariachi bops singer-songwriter Lesly Reynaga’s dazzling debut album “Valerosa” captures a unique, modern, mariachi-influenced pop sound that has made waves from Austin City Limits Music Festival to Lollapalooza. From thrilling audiences across the country, the Mexican-born, Texas-based naturalized citizen is on a mission to bring mariachi to bigger stages, like her inspiration Linda Ronstadt before her, and is making a striking first impression as a “one-of-a-kind” breakout artist, as claims Stax/Motown legend Al Bell. “Valerosa,” released in partnership with Spaceflight Records, is “a vibrant collection of mariachi-influenced slow burners and Spanglish bops,” declares the Austin American-Statesman...

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Mariachi bops singer-songwriter Lesly Reynaga’s dazzling debut album “Valerosa” captures a unique, modern, mariachi-influenced pop sound that has made waves from Austin City Limits Music Festival to Lollapalooza. From thrilling audiences across the country, the Mexican-born, Texas-based naturalized citizen is on a mission to bring mariachi to bigger stages, like her inspiration Linda Ronstadt before her, and is making a striking first impression as a “one-of-a-kind” breakout artist, as claims Stax/Motown legend Al Bell. “Valerosa,” released in partnership with Spaceflight Records, is “a vibrant collection of mariachi-influenced slow burners and Spanglish bops,” declares the Austin American-Statesman. Reynaga has drawn raves from national press with Chicago media gushing about her recent Lollapalooza performance, describing her set’s “sultry charm,” “unique sound” and “bright, mesmerizing, volcanic burst of passion.” Called a new “stalwart of Mexican American music” in the Texas A&M University Press volume, “Corazón Abierto: Mexican American Voices in Texas Music,” Reynaga is breaking musical boundaries, states the Austin Chronicle, of “genre, culture, and language with transcendental grace like her predecessors Selena and Shakira did before her.”

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