Back in February, ICE detained 18-year-old Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar, 14-year-old Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar, and 12-year-old Joshua Gámez-Cuéllar, along with their parents. The case drew national attention because Antonio and Caleb are both mariachi musicians, and after winning a state mariachi competition with their high school’s ensemble last year, the two elder brothers were invited by their Republican congresswoman Monica De La Cruz to perform at the US Capitol over the summer. All five family members — who moved to McAllen, Texas from Mexico in 2023 on an asylum claim — have since been released from custody following bipartisan backlash.
Meanwhile, Texas-born MAGA hater Kacey Musgraves is getting ready to release her new album Middle Of Nowhere this Friday. On May 3, 4, and 5 — that's Cinco De Mayo! — she'll be celebrating with a series of release shows at New Braunfels' historic Gruene Hall, and all three Gámez-Cuéllar brothers will be joining her as the opening act.
Musgraves has said that she wanted to lean into more traditional sounds from both sides of the Texas-Mexico border on Middle Of Nowhere. She's performed with mariachi bands before, bringing a whole ensemble onstage with her in Mexico City during her previous tour. On that same tour, she also regularly covered SZA's "Kill Bill," which she just performed again for BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge series last week. While there, she also did Middle Of Nowhere single "Dry Spell."
And speaking of dry spells, Musgraves also just confirmed in a new CBS Sunday Morning interview that hers has been broken. Congrats, Kacey!
