Sometimes, when a musical genre or a certain artist begins to stagnate, the best prescription is change.
It could be a new direction, a new sound, or simply cooking up a new recipe by mixing the old with the new.
"Tejano music, in general, has reached a certain plateau,"said Tejano singer Elida in a recent interview. "I feel it is not going anywhere. You sort of have to change with the times, get a feel of what is out there."
Elida has taken her own prescription, so to speak. She's taken her step in a new direction, on her latest CD "Domingo." She and her group went for more of a pop cumbia feel, to, as she puts it, "find a new and different sound.
"I think this whole new album is fresh sounding. We used more acoustic guitars," Reyna said in a recent interview. "I would say the songs have a more mainstream cumbia beat. Mainstream in the sense that you can hear the sound of Mana or Juanes, but with a female voice."
Check it out for yourself. "Domingo" is available at record stores and online at Amazon.comand other websites.
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www.elidareyna.net/
http://www.myspace.com/elidareyna
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