Mireya Ramos and the Poor Choices Set to Release Sin Fronteras on September 15, In Denver September 16-Levitt Pavilion

Mireya Ramos and the Poor Choices will release the monumental musical project, Sin Fronteras on September 15, 2023 via oneRPM. The album is a ranchera and country dialogue that could only happen in Kansas City, Missouri which has become a second home for the New York City-based Mireya.

The Sin Fronteras journey began with the imaginatively-arranged first single, “Regresa Ya” and today the outfit released a dreamy version of Patsy Cline’s “I Fall to Pieces,” featuring genre-blending R&B/soul artist Calvin Arsenia, and Erykah Badu and Robert Glasper trumpeter Keyon Harrold. “As an Afro-Latina, I thought it would be interesting to flip things around with a song that’s typically performed as a white American country song by including Black American artists,” Mireya says.

Mireya is a vocalist, violinist, composer, and arranger, and the founder of Flor de Toloache, NYC’s first and only all-women mariachi band. Sin Fronteras is a passport to the special pan-cultural world KCMO audiences have been enjoying for years. Throughout the album, the musicians deftly blend ranchera and country, sprinkling in pop, jazz, and R&B along the way.

Ramos co-produced Sin Fronteras with Beau Bledsoe, founder/director of classical chamber Ensemble Iberica. The 10-song album features 25 musicians, including Latin Grammy winners Texmaniacs, Ensemble Iberica, and western band Slim Hanson and the Poor Choices. The album was meticulously produced in collaboration with FMK Music, a dear friend of Ramos, and supporter of her music. Based in Kansas City, FMK Music is an independent label and music production house with a passion for supporting the sort of raw talent and musical genius that Ramos and Bledsoe are a beacon for. Though this community spans different genres, generations, and cultures, it coalesced around an album of original and traditional songs that meld influences from both sides of the border.

Mireya might be best known for her pioneering work with her two-time Latin Grammy-winning group Flor de Toloache, and her acclaimed solo career. Flor de Toloache has toured nationally and internationally, and performed on NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concert,” The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and BBC 2’s Later with Jools Holland. The mariachi quartet has garnered critical acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard Magazine, The New Yorker, GQ Magazine, and The New York Times.

Sin Fronteras is an album about borders made by musicians without any borders. Rehearsals and recording sessions were freewheeling, fun, and serendipitous. Beau says: “There were a lot of happy accidents. The songs took on this Brian Wilson feel.” Mireya adds: “Everyone came with smiles and open hearts, and left a piece of them in this album. Listening back to Sin Fronteras my heart jumped out of my body from excitement. I can’t wait for people to hear it!”

Mireya Ramos Tour Dates

Aug 25 – Des Moines, IA – World Food and Music Festival @

Aug 26 – Kansas City – Crossroads Music Fest KC #

Sep 01 – Goshen, IN – Saunder Concert Hall at Goshen College @

Sep 02 – Austin, TX – Long Center #

Sep 03 – Tucson, AZ – Congress Hotel (HOCO Fest) #

Sep 09 – Philadelphia – One Fine Day Festival @

Sep 10 – Kansas City – ‘Amerikana’ with Making Movies #

Sep 12 – Kansas City – The Ship

Sep 15 – Fort Collins, CO – Washington’s @

Sep 16 – Denver, CO – Levitt Pavilion @

Sep 29 – Swarthmore, PA – Swarthmore College @

Nov 28 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Harold Miossi Hall, Performing Arts Center @

Nov 30 – La Jolla, CA – The JAI at The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center @

Dec 02 – Los Angeles, CA – Besame Mucho Festival @

# – Mireya solo

@ – Flor de Toloache