Mariachi Divas Nominated For Second Grammy For 'Oye' Album

Still In Disbelief Of First Grammy, Mariachi Divas Nominated For 'Oye'
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: Mariachi Divas pose with Best Regional Mexican Album award for 'Canciones De Amor' in the press room during the 51st Annual Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center on February 8, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: Mariachi Divas pose with Best Regional Mexican Album award for 'Canciones De Amor' in the press room during the 51st Annual Grammy Awards held at the Staples Center on February 8, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

California girl Cindy Shea can be called an honorary Latina. The blonde Irish-Italian calls herself a “gringa who can get by in Spanish,” she’s married to Mexican musician, Alberto Jimenez Maeda, and she lives and breathes mariachi.

She says when she was first introduced to traditional Mexican sounds at age 23, she knew she was never going back. In fact, only a year later, she formed her own all-female Grammy-winning mariachi band called Mariachi Divas. The group is now nominated in the category of Best Regional Mexican Music Album for their 8th album, “Oye,” in the upcoming Grammy Awards to be presented on Sunday.

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