Gerardo Ortiz

Best enjoyed with Tecate and Don Julio under a Mexican sun, Gerardo Ortiz achieves such transport on newest album Comeré Callado, Vol. 1, robust corridos of love and loss. Carried by the mariachi trumpet flares and tender violin, his Norteño style recalls Tigres del Norte given the fiery, seductive ballads that broke him on 2010 hit Ni Hoy Ni Mañana. – Isabella Castro-Cota