The album was a strong debut and featured the three singles “Callejero y Mujeriego”, “culiacan vs. Their 1st studio album “Renovar o Morir” entered the market in 2010 through the label Disa Records.
Their music is heavily shaped around the Banda style, featuring a repertoire covering forms such as rancheras, baladas, and boleros. Calibre 50 are a modern day representation of this. The majority of the city’s population is undoubtedly composed of people of Latin ethnicity, but Mazatlan also has a prominent German population and it was this sect who influenced the cultures heavy sway toward Bavarian Folk music. Apart from it’s reputation as a lucrative tourist town it is also widely recognized for it strong musical heritage.
The group formed towards the end of the 2000s in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, a bustling town on the Pacific positioned near the center of the coast. Of all the acts Munoz has worked with there is no question that he is most remembered for fronting Calibre 50. Outside of Calibre 50 Munoz has worked with and composed music for acts ranging from Banda Carnaval, Julion Alvarez y Su Norteno, Rio Roma, Conjunto Atardecer, La Estructura, Los Canarios de Michoacan, and Alerta Zero (an incomplete list riddled with several exemptions). Calibre 50 are a quartet consisting of members Martin Lopez (tuba), Eden Munoz (vocals, accordion), Armando Ramos (guitar, vocals) and Augusto (drums).
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