DESCRIPTION:
Artist: Charanga Cakewalk
Album: Chicano Zen
Released: 2006

Tracklist;
1. Chicano Zen 00:00 - 04:45
2. La Miga Hormiga 04:46 - 09:03
3. Melodica 09:04 - 12:09
4. Amor Profundo 12:10 - 16:41
5. No Soy Feliz 16:42 - 19:29
6. La Mimosa 19:30 - 24:30
7. El Cine 24:31 - 29:01
8. Vida Magica 29:02 - 32:42
9. Gloria 32:43 - 37:07
10. La Corriente 37:08 - 41:22
11. El Ballad De Jose Campos Torres 41:23 - 46:02
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Michael Ramos grew up in a small Texas town, listening to loping cumbia music with his parents and Bad Company with his friends.

For years, he tried to be the ideal sideman. He learned to play synthesizer, percussion and trumpet. He mastered the soundbending techniques of electronica. Before he started a group called Charanga Cakewalk, Ramos recorded with the likes of John Mellencamp, the BoDeans and the Rembrandts.

For the series Musicians in Their Own Words, Ramos describes how the instrument that got him his biggest breaks was also the one that brought him back to his roots: the accordion.