{"id":207568,"date":"2026-03-17T00:49:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/207568\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T00:49:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T00:49:17","slug":"sxsw-2026-hermanos-espinoza-vanita-leo-play-at-the-de-los-showcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/207568\/","title":{"rendered":"SXSW 2026: Hermanos Espinoza, Vanita Leo play at the De Los showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No amount of extreme wind gusts could shake the tremendous talent performing Sunday night at the De Los showcase at the South by Southwest music festival.<\/p>\n

Five acts took over the rooftop of Mala Fama in downtown Austin and braved the 30 mph winds. Nezza, Eddy, Tropa Magica, Vanita Leo and Hermanos Espinoza each brought their own distinct essence to the Texas stage, reminding audiences that Latin music is dynamic and never static. <\/p>\n

\"Colombian <\/p>\n

Colombian Dominican singer Nezza performs at the De Los Showcase at South by Southwest on Sunday in Austin, Texas. <\/p>\n

(Cat Cardenas \/ For De Los)<\/p>\n

For Colombian Dominican singer Nezza, performing at SXSW was a bucket list experience and one that allowed her to share two exclusives: first, an unreleased, acoustic track \u201cStop the Show\u201d; then a show-stopping live choreo to the upbeat \u201cSweat.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe stage is my favorite place to be. If I could do that every night I would,\u201d Nezza said backstage. The R&B pop singer had a tremendous year following her act of defiance: She sang the national anthem in Spanish at Dodger Stadium, resulting in the making of a short-documentary, \u201cLa Tierra del Valor.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Sunday, she emphasized that Latinos have always been an essential part of the fabric of this country. \u201cWe\u2019ve always been here,\u201d she said, adding that she thinks \u201cthe future\u2019s really bright for us.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Regional <\/p>\n

M\u00fasica mexicana singer Eddy, center, performs at the De Los showcase at South by Southwest on Sunday in Austin, Texas.<\/p>\n

(Cat Cardenas \/ For De Los)<\/p>\n

M\u00fasica mexicana has always played a huge role in the life of Eddy, who grew up listening to Vicente Fernandez and Juan Gabriel. It was his second public performance ever, but this rising crooner was already reading the audience by encouraging them to take a shot. Though he has yet to release an album, Eddyknew the audience would sing along to melodic corrido covers of Banda MS\u2019 \u201cA Lo Mejor\u201d and Alejandro Sanz\u2019s \u201cCoraz\u00f3n Part\u00edo.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMusica mexicana has always been there, will always be there and we are going to keep uplifting it,\u201d said the Chihuahua-born singer ahead of his performance, ruminating on what he brought to the genre. \u201cI don\u2019t know if I add my own style, but I do add more sentiments.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Tropa <\/p>\n

Tropa Magica at the De Los showcase at South by Southwest.<\/p>\n

(Cat Cardenas \/ For De Los)<\/p>\n

East L.A.\u2019s Tropa Magica led the crowd into another dimension with their psychedelic cumbias, periodicallyhowling at the moon during their rock jam session. Formed in 2018 by brothers David and Rene Pacheco, the duo has noticed a growing acceptance of Latin acts in recent years, which have moved away from backyard parties and onto the mainstage.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor us, we still do it at an underground level. We just show up, y le hechamos ganas, but now we sing, neither here nor there, but we\u2019re here to stay,\u201d said Rene Pacheco after the performance.<\/p>\n

\"Cumbia <\/p>\n

Cumbia singer Vanita Leo of San Antonio performs with her band at the De Los showcase.<\/p>\n

(Cat Cardenas \/ For De Los)<\/p>\n

As a self-proclaimed Hot Cheeto girl from San Antonio, Vanita Leo felt honored to represent cumbia on the De Los stage, bringing in a much-needed dose of twinkling wepas, high-paced rhythmic cumbias that often feature electronic, sonidero elements. Standing next to her father, Marco Jaime, she led the crowd through a celestial journey with her synth-heavy track \u201cSolo Tu Bb.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCumbia has played a huge part in my personal life and in my culture,\u201d she said behind the scenes. \u201cI think that Mexican Americans, Latinos in general, make up a huge part of this industry, I\u2019m just happy [we] are getting more flowers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"South <\/p>\n

South Texas sibling norte\u00f1a duo Hermanos Espinoza performs at the De Los showcase.<\/p>\n

(Cat Cardenas \/ For De Los)<\/p>\n

For brother duo Hermanos Espinoza, representing norte\u00f1a music all the way from the Rio Grande Valley felt like the ultimate honor, especially as they are set to release their debut studio album on Friday. They kicked off their hourlong set with their 2024 track \u201cDios Por Delante,\u201d which opens with a roaring accordion solo, followed by a message to live a better life than the one you inherited.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to honor norte\u00f1a music, regional music, more than anything to keep uplifting this movement that we\u2019re experiencing right now,\u201d said vocalist Joel Espinoza. \u201cRight now we are experiencing a revolution in the Mexican regional music scene. It\u2019s the present moment and the future.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"No amount of extreme wind gusts could shake the tremendous talent performing Sunday night at the De Los…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":207569,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[81436,4839,80354,132,134,133,549,81428,81432,81429,241,81433,81430,81434,2969,81435,81431,39745],"class_list":["post-207568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-acoustic-track","tag-act","tag-audience","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-crowd","tag-de-los-showcase","tag-eddy","tag-hermanos-espinoza","tag-life","tag-nezza","tag-psychedelic-cumbia","tag-rene-pacheco","tag-sxsw","tag-texas-stage","tag-tropa-magica","tag-vanita-leo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/207569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}