Nashville, TN – Sept. 20, 2023 — The mostcurrent offering from Stephanie Urbina Jones & The Honky Tonk Mariachi, Manuel’s Destiny, goes far beyond the limitations of the common album: it’s a legend, a joyride, an impassioned improvement of her cultural heritage, and—above all—a fascinating homage to the power of a dream to travel over 100 years and 3 generations. From her great-grandfather crossing the border, to an artist living and informing a transcendent story, and eventually living Manuel’s Destiny. The album will be launched October 20. (2023 Global Eyes Entertainment, LP/ Casa Del Rio Records)
Over the course of 11 extremely stunning tunes, the Texas-bred, Nashville/Mexico-based vocalist/songwriter sets her storytelling to a distinctive noise she’s developed and calls “Honky-Tonk Mariachi”—a beautifully managed blend of her Mexican roots and San Antonio, TX Hill Country training.
The album is focused in the sensational singing expertise she’s revealed in exploring throughout the world, sharing the phase with legends like Willie Nelson, and making history as the veryfirst artist ever to carryout with mariachi at the Grand Ole Opry. The outcome is the most revelatory work yet by a really visionary artist, one that leaves the listener freshly pushed to fearlessly follow their hearts and live a dreamer’s tale.
Like a bird in the sky with his heart open broad
And the faith to fly
Like an unchecked horse on an uncharted course to a muchbetter life
With hope in his soul his Corazón made of gold
He thought he might do anything
That was the story they informed when I left house at twenty years old
“Manuel’s Destiny”– Stephanie Urbina Jones
For Urbina Jones, the making of such an enthusiastic and all-inclusive album took years of soul-searching and cautious excavation of her household’s history. A duration of Urbina Jones’ life brought a heavy concern of discomfort. “I was informed to conceal the reality that I was Mexican, which haunted me for a really long time,” she states. At age 18, Urbina Jones made her veryfirst journey to Mexico and rightaway felt a extensive sense of discovery. “I lastly recognized, ‘This is who I am.’ From that minute on, the instructions of my life altered. I endedupbeing enthusiastic about informing a brand-new story commemorating my roots. My discomfort turned into my enthusiasm and function.”
As she deciphered her household’s history, Urbina Jones foundout of her great-grandfather, Manuel Anaya Urbina. “Once I found his story, I endedupbeing enthusiastic about the concept of this dreamer crossing the border to follow his heart. I feel as if his dream has lived on through me, and now I desire to share it as a source of motivation for anybody lookingfor their own magnificent reality,” states Urbina Jones.
Produced by Urbina Jones and Preston Sullivan, and taped live at Sonic Ranch in Tornillo, Texas—not far from where her great-grandfather crossed into El Paso, Manuel’s Destiny’s resplendent choice of heart-on-sleeve ballads, hip-swinging Texican Americana anthems, and pedal steel-laced country-rock tunes, eventually radiates an electrifying energy, including even higher effect to the many pieces of knowledge woven into her lyrics.
The veryfirst single and video, “Rhinestone Cowgirl,” is a victorious upgrade of Glen Campbell’s renowned “Rhinestone Cowboy” (with a trueblessing from songwriter Larry Weiss on the cover’s gender flip). The single is a