Fort Worth artist reimagines traditionally Spanish language music and releases what he calls “hybrid cumbias.”
"I was born and raised in Texas, and that's just another way of blending all the cultures that make me,” 25-year-old Cedillo says.Growing up, Julián Cedillo listened to a lot of Latin music. With a mother from Argentina and a father from Mexico, Spanish rock ballads and Tejano tracks were a staple in his Fort Worth home. Now, the 25-year-old musician is reimagining traditionally Spanish language music and releasing what he calls “hybrid cumbias” in English.
Cedillo’s motivation for making cumbia music in English was to introduce the style to people who don’t speak Spanish. He says that while they can listen and enjoy the sound, they won’t really know what it’s about if they can’t understand the lyrics. But that wasn’t his only reason. Cedillo says he went to a predominantly white school and was often called derogatory names. When he hung out with Mexicans, they called him Argentinian and when he spent time with Argentinians they called him Mexican.
Cedillo got his first guitar when he was 12 or 13 years old, he says. By age 16, he had started volunteering at a popular DIY music venue called When Cedillo was 18, he and his girlfriend at the time were run over by a drunk driver while waiting for an Uber. He suffered serious injuries to his body and brain. The artist’s life, defined by loud and rowdy music venues, was quickly traded for a long stay in his dark and quiet room.The accident may have been a hiccup in his career as a performer, but the young artist didn’t give up on his musical dreams and used the downtime to improve his technical skills.
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