Maya Y Cantu – El Primero Conjunto Norteno Famoso CD 9013

Description

CD 9013

Jesus Maya and Timoteo Cantú were in all probability the first widely popular and famous dueto norteño along the Texas Mexican border – la frontera. They sang with accordion and bajo sexto – a sound to dominate not only border music but soon much of Mexican ranchera music from then on. By 1946 Maya y Cantú had gained remarkable regional popularity which resulted in the duo hosting their own radio program every day from 4 to 5 pm over Nuevo Laredo’s XEDF.
These historic recordings were made at XEDF between 1946 and 1949 for Ideal Records and are here available for the first time on CD.

1. Arnulfo Gonzalez
2. Tengo Un Amor
3. La Cantinera
4. Aqui Te Quedas
5. Dionicio Maldonado
6. La Barranca
7. Pedro Nevarez
8. El Mojado
9. Los Tequileros
10. Cual De Los Amantes
11. Ya Tengo Otro Amor
12. Soy Errante
13. Jacinto Trevino
14. La Voz De Mi Madre
15. Mira Luisa

REVIEW

“Jesus Maya and Timoteo Cantú were significant contributors to norteño’s emergence from southern Texas dances and cantinas and its growth into a commercial form…Maya sang and played bajo sexton and Cantú harmonized adding deft and surprisingly delicate accordion fills.  Their rhythms were highly danceable but their mood and material tended to be elegiac and sorrowful their harmonies as tight and emotionally rich as the brother duos of country music.  The sound they made is as close to the heart and soul of norteño as a listener will ever get.”

– Roy Kasten No Depression