Watch Hermanos Herrera perform "Anoche Estuve Ilorando." The gut-wrenching, cry-provoking canción ranchera is omnipresent in Mexican culture on both sides of the US–Mexico border. The Hermanos Herrera take their jarocho sound to parties and social occasions of all sorts, and this classic ranchera, written by the late, famed singer/songwriter Cuco Sánchez, takes you there. When the three voices come in at the refrain, audiences erupt with heartfelt "gritos" (yells).

Sones Jarochos y Huastecos y Más available on CD and Digital.

Driven by their family’s devotion to traditional music, the Mexican American siblings Hermanos Herrera immersed themselves in a quarter century of mentorship by pillar performers of son huasteco and son jarocho, two favorite forms of Mexico’s rich musical heritage. They then applied their passion to the music, supercharging signature sounds with their own sentiment and an aggressive approach to playing the regional instruments of Veracruz harp, huapanguera and jarana guitars, and the distinctive Huastecan-style violin. In this debut Folkways album, they make their mark on musical gems popular on both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border.

This album is the 46th in the Smithsonian Folkways Tradiciones/Traditions Series of Latino music albums, produced with support from the Smithsonian Latino Center.