Maya y Cantu

Maya con Cantu — Jesus Maya (on bajo sexto and vocals) and Timoteo Cantu (on accordion and vocals) — were most likely the initial popular duet to try out Norteno music across the Texas-Mexico boundary. They frequently performed on Mexican radio place XEDF in the past due ’40s, where in addition they recorded discs which were issued over the Texas-based Ideal label. These recordings, today preserved on the compilation of 1946-49 monitors on Arhoolie, had been canciones and corridos that emphasized their vocal harmonies, performed in the design that has today long been connected with Mexican boundary ranchera music. Maya con Cantu finished when Jesus Maya attempted to generate his sibling Carmel to sing duet vocals, keeping Cantu just as accordionist, which could have supposed that the consider would have needed been divided in even more ways. Cantu still left when he compelled Maya to select between him or Maya’s sibling. Cantu died within the middle-’50s, after using Jesus Villa. The Maya brothers produced Los Hermanos Maya, which continuing to try out and record with the ’70s.