Retoño is the latest young group to take the highly competitive South Texas music scene by storm. Just out of the gate – and ranging in ages of 15 to 17 – the group's first recording Prefiero La Soledad (I Prefer Solitude) was nominated for a Grammy award in 2007. "We didn't believe it at first, we thought it was an error," lead singer and guitarist Samuel Ramos Jr. remarked to a local newspaper. While Los Tigres del Norte, legendary pioneers of the Norteño genre, took the award as they have in most years, Retoño returned to their hometown of San Benito, a working-class community known for producing some of the best accordionists in Texas. There they have built a solid fanbase that spans across the state.

A few years older now, the group, which also includes Ramos' brothers Salomon and Pablo and a cousin Armando Ramos Villela, have recorded three more albums, the latest is 2010's Campanitas de Amor (Little Bells of Love). Retoño's proximity to the US-Mexico border means that their sound is a distinctive mix of Tex-Mex and Norteño elements featuring the standard accordion, bajo sexto (bass/guitar hybrid), bass and drums line-up, but with more emphasis on dance rhythms (cumbia, huapango, ranchers, waltz), vocals and a solid accordion backbeat. Be ready to dance and to compete with young female fans that follow them everywhere!