Between rancheras and progressive: Pepe Aguilar does not forget rock while preparing for his USA 2023 tour

Pepe Aguilar He’s feeling excited and waiting for what’s to come, as 2023 proves to be an important year for him as a musician, a family man, and a notable figure in ranchera music in an increasingly global world.

when preparing a huge US tour for summer and fall of this year -and as part of his presentation with his children Leonardo and Ángela Aguilar, and his brother Antonio Aguilar Jr. in his famous Jaripeo without borders- the singer of To fear speak with GlobeLiveMedia Mexico on his rocker vein that he does not leave aside.

And it is only the singer who will start touring solo on American lands on July 21 at Acrisure Arena in Indio, CAmaking stops in cities like New York, Austin, Denver and more before finishing Nov. 25 in KentWashington at Accesso ShoWare Center, this is how he mentioned his facet seesawthe one he never forgets and which he knew how to combine with his vernacular fascination instilled by his parents, the legends Antoine Aguilar there Flor Silvestre.

“The music that I make is inspired by the operating system that I bring and which was created by the music i listened to when i was a kidIt wasn’t just ranchera music, it was all kinds and I carry that in my brain. The rock music I liked more progressive and I had to live the glory days of Pink Floyd, Rush, Genesis and Yes, but at the same time I heard Javier Solís, Vicente Fernández and Pedro Infante, Charro Avitia, Miguel Aceves Mejía and my father“said the 54-year-old man in the privacy of his dressing room.

The Mexican-American producer, composer and businessman grew up with musical influences that fed his artistic vein, the same ones he unconsciously made present in some of his productions, although he had noticed it for years. later.

“That’s what I bring when I make a record, so without thinking about it it comes to me, because nothing is new, everything is already done and you just put it in your head, the chords come to me to do harmonies and I’m like ‘oh, wow. , that sounds really cool, who knows where that came from’ and then the years pass and I hear that chord in a Jethro Tull song or a song… you already bring it there, you use the resources that you have in your head, of course they are rock, not only in Mexican music, ”pointed out the leader of the Aguilar dynasty.

Regarding current projects, apart from ranchera music, Pepe Aguilar is amazed by the number of proposals that can be accessed today, because as a good music producer he recognizes talent in the rock genres and their fusions.

“There are so many new bands coming out that I never thought that I had to know the musicians by their songs rather than by the name of their groupsuddenly there are so many platforms that you can listen to and with the algorithms now that they know your tastes, you can spend 48 hours listening to songs that you like, it’s a crazy thing”, expressed himself who at certain points in his day-to-day is inspired to return to the classic.

“When I want to hear rock, it depends on the mood where I walk from, it can come Peter Gabriel walks through Slipknot and suddenly I hear my dad, I start crying and I hear my songs from many years agonew bands i like some things he does The weekendsome things from Tame the impala, cold game It seems to me a group that must always exist, as it was at the time U2now it’s cold game and there’s always a band that everyone likes, it’s very controversial because it’s strawberry, but whipped,” he said.

Aguilar is aware that rock “comes and goes” and although for now they are more popular around the world to integrate other acts away from the explosive combination of guitar, bass and drums, he’s convinced “it won’t die”.

“I bring everything new, old, cumbias, there are some very good things in mexican rock lately i like siddharthaI like Daniel, you are killing mealthough it’s not rock, but it’s a very crazy roll, and it’s that you can’t call it rock anymore, unfortunately it disappears, after a while it comes back because distorted guitars will not dieSolos won’t die either, we’ve been half-distracted for a while, but rock won’t die, “says the man who, in addition to his next solo tour, will participate with his family in a new version. by Jaripeo sin fronteras, which kicks off at FLA Live Arena in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on August 4 and continues in Chicago, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and more, ending November 19 at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, in California.