Honored and proud of our collaboration, as part of the “Poor Choices”, with the incredible Mireya Ramos!!!

The album will be released on the 15th of September. Presave it here https://onerpm.link/582399447521

Mireya is a vocalist, violinist, composer, and arranger, and the founder of Flor de Toloache, NYC’s first and only all-women mariachi band. Sin Fronteras is a passport to the special pan-cultural world KCMO audiences have been enjoying for years. Throughout the album, the musicians deftly blend ranchera and country, sprinkling in pop, jazz, and R&B along the way.

Ramos co-produced Sin Fronteras with Beau Bledsoe, founder/director of classical chamber Ensemble Iberica. The 10-song album features 25 musicians, including Latin Grammy winners Texmaniacs, Ensemble Iberica, and western band Slim Hanson and the Poor Choices. The album was meticulously produced in collaboration with FMK Music, a dear friend of Ramos, and supporter of her music. Based in Kansas City, FMK Music is an independent label and music production house with a passion for supporting the sort of raw talent and musical genius for which Ramos and Bledsoe are a beacon. Though this community spans different genres, generations, and cultures, it coalesced around an album of original and traditional songs that meld influences from both sides of the border.

Mireya might be best known for her pioneering work with her two-time Latin Grammy-winning group Flor de Toloache, and her acclaimed solo career. Flor de Toloache has toured nationally and internationally, and performed on NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert,” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and BBC 2’s Later with Jools Holland. The mariachi quartet has garnered critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazine, The New Yorker, GQ Magazine, and The New York Times.

REVIEWS

“Her breathtaking vocals swell and billow alongside the band’s uplifting instruments, lending her anguish an exquisite splendor that pierces the heart.”

– Grimey Goods (on “Regressa Ya”)

“The song effortlessly blends Nashville country and rancheras, raising the stakes with a gospel choir and KCMO jazz. Its lyrics about losing a part of you when a loved one leaves is emotionally supercharged by Ramos’ breathtaking vocal performance, giving us a chill-inducing moment.”

– Remezcla (on “Regressa Ya”)

“It’s a song that makes you want to take a shot of tequila, yet also find a line-dancing partner.

– RIFF Magazine (on “Regressa Ya”)