La Santa Cecilia, The Tiarras, Tropicana Joe

Not to be confused with Costa Rica’s the Saint Cecilia, who recently played the first weekend of ACL Fest, this Los Angeles combo climbed a far bigger stage. Traditionally instrumented quartet shaking out cumbias, bossa novas, and boleros, indie missionaries La Santa Cecilia garnered a Grammy a decade ago now behind the timeless Spanish of singer Marisol Hernandez. On last year’s top shelf Cuatro Copas Bohemia en la Finca Altozano, the band holes up at a cantina for an intimate drink with, among others, this month’s Long Center ranchera pop Aida Cuevas, who guests on the intoxicating title track. Two nights, muchos tragos. – Raoul Hernandez