Joss Favela’s new album, “Clarifying the mind”, is disproportionately inclined towards heartbreak. And Joss has no problem with that.
“On my records there is no balance between love and heartbreak songs,” the singer acknowledged. “The truth is that there is more heartbreak, but what am I going to do? It is what I bring in my chest ”.
This lovesickness, Joss has been dragging him for several months, but of course, he does not let go if it is a question of inquiring more about the name or origin of his misadventure. Meanwhile, the northern music performer says that he is happy to live this process “as it happens” and that when a new love arrives he will sing many songs for him.
“Besides, if I let go [el dolor]What am I going to sing for?” he said. “I am in no rush to heal that wound, and I am enjoying it; I’m a bit of a masochist in that sense.”
The new album will take Joss on a trip to various clubs in the United States, including the House of Blues in Anaheim, where he will present tonight the Tequila and Guaro tour alongside Colombian singer Jessi Uribe. Guaro is a brandy that is taken in Colombia, since Jessi is Colombian.
This would be the first time Joss has performed in a club where until recently only rock or alternative music bands did. But that’s the way it is with Joss and with his career: he has had to be first in many aspects.
For example, he is the first in his house to leave the ranch, planting and raising cattle to seek luck as an artist. He started at the age of eight, in amateur contests and singing shows in Mexico. After he found fame, he found out that his dad tried to take up singing too when he was young; however, they were not allowed.
“We are from a ranch where it is still difficult [la vida]Josh said. “My dad is from 1951, and in the seventies there were few opportunities; the family told him no, that he had better start planting, take care of the cattle”.
“But his mom bought him an accordion on the sly, and my dad gave it to me,” Joss said. “I had it restored and with it we recorded this album.”
That is why the album honors that glorious decade for regional Mexican music, the same one in which Joss’s father saw his dreams frustrated.
“I did get to choose,” he said. “And this is a great learning that my father left me […] The only thing I have to give is music, and that is why this record carries a special message for him”.
In detail:
What: Tequila and guaro tour, with Joss Favela and Jessi Uribe
When: today, 8 p.m.
Where: House of Blues, 400 Disney Way #337, Anaheim
How: tickets from $17
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