Emerson Magaña’s ‘Tequila Time’ is a celebration of home, nature, women and tequila

By STLPR

Cumbia, bolero, basanova and rumba are among the most prominent rhythms of Central and South America. For singer/songwriter Emerson Magaña, those sounds filled his childhood.

Magaña moved to St. Louis about three years ago. Growing up in Colima, Mexico, with a father who sang and played guitar, he said he quickly fell in love with the instrument and followed in his father’s footsteps – though it wasn’t easy for his father to get him to play at first.

“I remember he tried to teach me guitar since I was a kid, but I said, ‘I don't like it,’” Magaña said. “I decided to play with my friends [instead] and later my family came to my home for vacation and my cousin asked my dad, ‘Can you teach me guitar?’ And I felt so jealous. I said ‘I want to play guitar too. Can you teach me too?’”

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