La Musica de Fiesta KC: Five Local Latin Bands You Should Know
This past weekend, Crown Center played host to over 20 different Latin bands, many of which were local. Here are five Kansas City bands of the Hispanic persuasion that got cuerpos moving and pies tapping.
The lead singer of this five-man Tejano band from “Chorizo Springs, Argentine,” Steve Reyes gave lots of shout outs to the damas and gave the crowd easily danceable grooves once the sound board was set. La Mañana Band also performs as All Funked Up, a country-classic rock-jazz-R & B outfit. Heavy on the fiesta privada scene, the Mañana Band switches easily between Spanish lyrics and English on-stage banter.
Miguel “Mambo” de Leon y Orchestra
Miguel “Mambo” De Leon loves to remind the crowd to “baile, baile.” This eight-man band attracted a sizeable audience with its salsa and cumbia sounds. With the front of the stage cleared for dancers, the orchestra’s cover of the Police’s “Every Breath You Take,” was smooth and a crowd favorite. Miguel de Leon has been performing for over 27 years now, so his onstage presence is
completely professional, as is his long-winded onstage banter.
