Immigration has been a prominent issue of late, to say the least, and Grupo Fantasma offers its take on the subject with the new song “Solo Un Sueño.” The Austin, Texas, band premieres the ...

From funk-fueled cumbias to boogaloo beats, Grupo Fantasma has kept Austin hips shaking for nearly 20 years. It’s never mattered how well you dance or what language you speak to enjoy the music ...

Music Grupo Fantasma on Their Latest Album and Being Pigeonholed As “Latin Music” The Grammy-winning jazz-funk-rockers are back with American Music: Vol. VII, their first album in five years.

David Greene speaks with Alt.Latino host Felix Contreras about Grupo Fantasma. Its new album, "Problemas," can be heard in full on our website this week, as part of NPR Music's "First Listen" feature.

Black Pumas and Grupo Fantasma founder Adrian Quesada, a Grammy winner and Oscar nominee, embraced his Laredo roots on the album "Boleros Psicodélicos Vol. 2." ...

Grupo spent much of 2006 recording and then promoting their latest CD, Grupo Fantasma Comes Alive, so fans can expect plenty of tunes from that release, such as "Cocinando" and "Rico Tumbao ...

The thirteen new tracks on American Music Vol. VII celebrate Grupo Fantasma 's first studio album in five years as well as the nineteenth anniversary of Austin's preeminent Tex-Mex party band. In ...

Since forming Grupo Fantasma in 2000, Gonzalez, Quesada, and Martinez have helped hatch two subsequent bands in their relentless pursuit of an authentic Mexican-American spin on Latin music.

As one of their band members put it, Grupo Fantasma's shows are like recess. The Laredo-by-way-of-Austin mambo-funk, jazz-dancehall, rock-cumbia collective turns you loose and orders you to dance ...

It all started with two obscure bands: The offbeat funk of the Blimp and the experimental jazz of the Blue Noise Band. One day they joined forces and became the Latin-inspired Grupo Fantasma. Today… ...

Friday, February 1, at Live Oak Music Hall & Lounge. It's impossible to stand still around the beats and horns of Austin's 10-piece Latin funk band Grupo Fantasma, who racked up a Grammy for their ...

Friday, February 3, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9666 ...