By: Fernanda Morales
The charm of walking through the streets of San Miguel de Allende is that when passing by any establishment in the center, you will always hear local musicians shine with their melodies and the talented San Miguel residents are the ones who give magic to the beautiful Heritage City.
Such is the case of the band «¿Y nacho?» who play every Wednesday at the Chopería and their performances can be heard from Canal Street.
The band is made up of Uriel on guitar, Andrés on percussion and Ángel Zamuri who gives voice to «¿Y nacho?». Three boys who by chance met and today share the same passion: music.
The name of the band “Y nacho?” is inspired by a historical figure that gives the city its name, Ignacio Allende. Angel, the vocalist, says that during his high school years he had many questions about this character:
«I really like the history of my city, especially that of Generalissimo Don Ignacio Allende, and I started to ask myself, along with my friends, why are there Benito Juárez bills? Why is there a state of Hidalgo, of Morelos? And where is Ignacio Allende? For us, he is someone very important, so the band is called «And Nacho?» with a question mark asking, Where is Nacho?»
The band started in May of last year by chance. A space where Ángel worked opened up. He invited musicians and Uriel came to the call with his acoustic guitar. At the first performance, they both met Andrés and without hesitation, he joined the band.
They started playing and they are getting better and better at it, adding rhythms and characteristics that make the project a unique group.
«The language of music is universal and allows us to share everything we know»
If you go to hear them live, you will find an acoustic show, as well as a cozy stage with warm lights, which will make you spend a moment of romanticism and nostalgia. «¿Y nacho?» is a fusion of Trova, boleros and rock; the musicians have managed to impregnate each classic they perform with their style. Can you imagine listening to «Sabor a mí» with a rock essence?
In every creative process, artists take inspiration from other artists, collecting very characteristic elements. In this case, the band has been inspired by greats such as Radiohead, Los Panchos and José José.
At each performance, the audience is captivated by their music and the boys make more than one person sing along.
«We often play in restaurants and there are people who arrive in a bad mood, who have had a long trip and many factors that sometimes make us resentful of everything around us; but we observe the people and try to encourage them with the music we play, to sing along and participate with us.»
If you fancy listening to «¿Y nacho» you can find them every Wednesday at the Chopería starting at 7:30 in the evening; occasionally they play in the Pulqueria La Otomi, but if you don't want to lose track of them, follow them on their social networks! We thank the members of "¿Y nacho?" for sharing their music with us. Congratulations on the band's first anniversary! And we thank you for reading us. See you next time, band!
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