Joel Guzmán - The Matrix

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Who I Am & Where I Live

Name: Joel Guzmán
City: Austin, Texas
Country: United States

My Life

Biographical: Joel Guzmán grew up playing conjunto in his father’s band in Washington state, to where his family had relocated in the 1950s. Over the years he played with the greats, including Santiago Almeida and Flaco Jiménez.

Guzmán returned to Texas in the 1980s and spent the next three decades—along with singer-songwriter and longtime collaborator Sarah Fox — pushing the boundaries of Tex-Mex music. The bilingual Austin duo still play conjunto, but they also blend it with jazz, blues, and country, plus the tropical sounds of cumbia and salsa. They often record and perform with other top artists, ranging from Joe Ely and Rickie Lee Jones to Buddy Miller and Lee Ann Womack.

Guzmán won Grammys for 1998’s Los Super Seven and 2004’s Polkas, Gritos y Acordeones albums, plus another for the 2010 soundtrack of Crazy Heart, a film in which he also acted.

At 56 Joel Guzmán plays and promotes the accordion with passion. He teaches accordion workshops around the country and hosts the annual Squeezebox Mania, an Austin celebration of all things accordion. He also directs the University of Texas at Austin’s Tex-Mex Conjunto Ensemble.

“My musical roots reach back to the beginnings of conjunto,” Guzmán says. “It’s my duty to act as a bridge between past and future.”

My Media

Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/6H29VghWu6GXPWKZoDOan5
Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/0xrz8zlwGULza9YGd5DIPK
Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/1eXCUbnO3Q4EmB9CxX1SaM
Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/6mpQu58RaU9UUar6ZLjP7Y

Contact Information

Email: guzmanfox59@gmail.com

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