Get out the chips and salsa and pour yourself a margarita! We’re celebrating the date of the Mexican army’s May 5, 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. Not a big deal in Mexico but it’s like a Mexican 4th of July in the U.S.
- Border Bound
- Robin and Linda Williams “Sugar for Sugar” (Sugar Hill)
- Che Apalache
- Play anything by this Latino bluegrass band from their album “Rearrange My Heart” (Free Dirt)
- Chips and Salsa
- Wayne Taylor “It’s About Time” (Wayne Taylor Records)
- Dos Corazones
- Joe Carr and Alan Munde “Welcome to West Texas” (Flying Fish)
- Español
- Bill Emerson and Wayne Taylor “Appaloosa” (Webco)
- Bill Emerson “Eclipse” (Rural Rhythm).
- Estamos Tontos
- Watson and Hardy “Love Hounds On My Tail” (Rhubarb)
- Evangelina
- Ronnie McCoury “Heartbreak Town” (Rounder)
- Gunfighter’s Revenge
- Larry Sparks “Almost Home” (Rebel)
- Hills of Sonora
- Wayne Taylor “Movin’ On” (Raincoe Music)
- I Got Mexico
- Lorraine Jordan & Carolina Road with Eddy Raven “Country Grass” (Pinecastle)
- Eddy Raven “All Grassed Up” (Pinecastle)
- Jalapeño Flashback
- Andy Owens Project “Real Music” (Real Records)
- Margarita Breakdown
- The Special Consensus “Freight Train Boogie” (Turquoise)
- Mexican Stomp
- Frank Wakefield “That Was Now, This is Then!” (Rosewood)
- Mexico
- Chris Hillman “Morning Sky” (Sugar Hill)
- Mexico’s Daughter
- The Del McCoury Band “Family Circle” (McCoury Music)
- Mexico Love
- Steve Spurgin “Tumbleweed Town” (Tricopolis)
- Oh Mexico
- Randy Waller and the Country Gentlemen “Keeper of the Flame” (Lendel)
- Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico
- Bluegrass Etc. “Travelin’ Band” (Sierra)
- Bill Emerson and the Sweet Dixie Band (Rebel)
- Santa Fe
- Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers “The Long Awaited Album” (Rounder) Includes a mariachi band.
- Señor (Tales of Yankee Power)
- Tim O’Brien “Red on Blonde” (Sugar Hill)
- Dierks Bentley “Up on the Ridge” (Capitol Nashville)
- The Seashores of Old Mexico
- Larry Stephenson “What Really Matters” (Compass)
- The Tequila Express
- Aaron Bibelhauser “As You Like It” (no label)