Edna Vazquez is a fearless singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist whose powerful voice and musical talent transcend the boundaries of language to engage and uplift her audience. She is a creative musical artist with a vocal range that allows her to paint seamlessly with her original material, an intersection of mexican traditional, rock, pop and other genres. Edna’s passion for music and performance grew from her bicultural roots and, with songs deeply rooted in universal human emotion, she has traveled far and wide spreading her message of light, love and cultural healing.
Vazquez has grown as a musical artist and collaborator over the last years touring with Pink Martini, solo performances currently.
She led her own band projects in the past Edna Vazquez Quartet, then became a Quintet, Rock Band No Passengers, and the latest, the Edna Vazquez Band. Vazquez also participated in the Latin Grammy’s with the all female mariachi fusion band from New York City, Latin Grammy 2017 winners, Flor de Toloache and accompanying Natalia Lafourcade that night.
Edna Vazquez is currently expanding as a world class musician with the acclaimed ‘Little Big Band” Pink Martini and interactions with Symphonies from all over the USA, and the world, such as (France, Grece, Italy, Germany, Turkey, Budapest, London, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Israel, Canada, and Mexico) and as a Soloist.
The Edna Vazquez Quintet has been performing together since 2010 and combines a traditional string band instrumentation with fresh original compositions in a variety of musical styles. From Trovas to Tangos, the Quintet lifts the audience’s spirit and takes them on a musical journey through the rhythms of Latin America.With songs deeply rooted in human emotion and raising awareness about political issues and injustice, the several faces of the group blend together in a unified sound. The Quintet features Edgar Baltazar on classical guitar, Adrianna Locke on violin, Bernardo Gomez on upright bass and Eddie Esparza on hand drums and percussion.
Hailed as the Pacific Northwest’s premier Rock en Español/Bilingual band, the members of No Passengers are passionate about the music they create together. No Passengers began in 2009 in Portland, Oregon with Edgar Baltazar/Guitar, Jorge Rodriguez/Bass & vocals, Edna Vazquez/Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar, and Eddie Esparza/Drums.
Since that time the band has earned a loyal following across the Pacific Northwest. Each member of the group brings their own influence and different styles of music that ranges from rock to mariachi and as a band they have created a new flavor of rock in the NW that is both bilingual and original.
Building a repertoire was the first priority of the band which led them into the recording studio in 2010 to record a 5 song EP at Toadhouse records. The band quickly licensed three of their songs to the music licensing company Killer Tracks, which is a subsidiary of Universal Music.As a result, their songs were featured on the Animal Planet TV show “Tanked”. In Winter 2013 No Passengers flew to Los Angeles, CA. to perform two of their songs for an internationally televised program on “Estrella TV”.
Upon returning home the group started writing material for their debut self-titled full length CD which they released in late September 2013. During this period No Passengers supported such notable artists as Molotov.
After playing several shows in support of the release, No Passengers went their separate ways in early 2014.
Mariachi Los Palmeros was born in 1997 to Director and trumpet player Aurelio Garnica. Edna Vazquez joined the band in 1998 becoming the first woman and mariachi vocalist/vihuela player in the Pacific Northwest.
For more than a decade, Mariachi Los Palmeros has performed in the Oregon area, dedicated to engaging community at weddings, quinceañeras and Cultural Festivals as well as many other social events and occasions of all sorts. They have performed all over Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Montana, and North California and are well known in the Latino community.
Over the years they have accompanied Latin American celebrities including Yolanda del Rio, Maribel Guardia, Federico Villa, Beatriz Adriana, Rosenda Bernal, Juan Valentin, and many others.