Great Lakes Folk Festival

Guillermo, from Kalamazoo, was born in Texas and raised in Fennville, Michigan. He has worked in a variety of capacities in education, including with migrant communities. The youngest of fourteen children, Guillermo learned to play accordion from his brother Alejo. He began playing... Read More →

René grew up in a musical family in Weslaco, Texas, the youngest of ten children. He first learned to play drums and later the guitar. “My mother, she always wanted us to play music,” René recalled in a 2006 documentary on Los Bandits. His family migrated northward following... Read More →