DEL CASTILLO SET TO MAKE MEXICAN NATIONAL TV DEBUT THIS WEEKEND

Del Castillo, the award-winning Austin, Texas-based band that has melded Flamenco, Rock, Latin, Blues and World music, is slated to be profiled this weekend on Porque Amamos La Música. The hour-long series which has featured such artists as Juanes, Carlos Santana, MANÁ, B.B. King and others, airs nationwide in Mexico through the Televisa Network, Cablevision and the Sky Satellite Network and rebroadcast in Mexico’s largest cities by Televisa’s affiliates.

The program chronicles “a day in the life” of the group and was shot during the initial launch of Brotherhood, the band’s third album. It presents a behind the scenes look at the band members as they prepared for and performed a concert in McAllen, TX. Porque Amamos La Música (Because We Love Music) is seen in the U.S. via Telemundo on Sunday at 9 AM and 10 PM (CDT) throughout the Rio Grande Valley of Texas, from which most of the band members, including founding brothers Mark and Rick del Castillo, Brownsville natives, hail.

A true cross-cultural phenomenon, Del Castillo has transcended its local base, sharing stages with Ozomatli, Los Lobos, Los Lonely Boys, deSol, Kinky, and other name acts both in Texas and throughout the U.S. With a repertoire of original songs in Spanish, English and “Spanglish,” they've played three of Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnics and Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival, and they've been featured on numerous television shows including The George Lopez Show, LATV and American Latino TV with Porque Amamos La Música marking their debut in Mexico.

The group has also been active in film with their music heard in such features as "Kill Bill, Vol. 2,""Once Upon A Time In Mexico" and "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over" and the upcoming release “The Cry,” based on the legend of La Llorona.

Brotherhood, released late last spring, is both a critical and commercial success. The Albuquerque Tribune noted, “Brotherhood captures the essence and collective virtuosity of Del Castillo.” Billboard’s review of Brotherhood cited the band’s ability to pull together “Latin music’s romance and rock’s grit.” “Del Castillo sizzled, delivering tight musicianship, passionate showmanship from lead singer Alex Ruiz and an intoxicatingly rhythmic combination of flamenco, Latin rock, blues and some R&B,” exulted the Dallas Morning News in a review of the band in recent concert performance.