Rana Santacruz

Rana Santacruz is a Mexican-born, Brooklyn-based vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter whose relationship of seemingly disparate music designs, from mariachi and bluegrass to Celtic folk as well as Eastern European wedding ceremony music, made him a mainstay on levels in both his adopted town with regional musical celebrations. Santacruz was created in Mexico Town. From an extremely early age, he was subjected to noises from all around the range, though he discovered most carefully with rock and roll & move. His first music group, produced while he was still in senior high school, performed covers of music by the Get rid of, the Smiths, and various other early indie rock and roll rings. While in university and studying for the communications level, he produced La Catrina, which performed a variety of the noises that became his brand: celebratory, choice folk and acoustic rock and roll that delivered an excellent array of taking in music and barroom dance music. The music group captured the interest from the Mexican documenting industry and authorized a cope with Warner Music Latina. Their self-titled recording was documented in Miami and Madrid, and presented the production skills of Juan Ignacio Cuadrado, Alejo Stivel, and Oscar Lopez. It had been advertised to radio and tv, and the music group toured thoroughly in Mexico before splitting in 2002. Santacruz relocated to NEW YORK the same 12 months and resolved in Brooklyn. He required in the borough’s wide-ranging music picture and totally immersed himself in it, developing several musical tasks that integrated his like for traditional Mexican music with Celtic and Russian folk, French musette, and early jazz, all while learning for any Master’s Level. Santacruz individually released his debut single recording, Chicavasco, this year 2010, made up of tunes inspired by Child Jarocho rancheras from the Veracruz design, Mexican movie theater, the Pogues, and even more. He performed not merely in Brooklyn, but over the United States along with his ensemble, and an NPR Tiny Table Concert. His second recording, Por Ahi, extended his audio, adding Appalachian hill music and New Orleans R&B towards the currently ambitious mix. It had been released in-may of 2015.