{"id":54513,"date":"2026-09-08T09:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/?p=54513"},"modified":"2026-09-08T09:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:15:32","slug":"grupo-frontera-mgm-music-hall-8-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/wtbu\/2026\/09\/08\/grupo-frontera-mgm-music-hall-8-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Grupo Frontera @ MGM Music Hall 8\/31"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photography and review by Brianna Ben\u00edtez<\/p>\n

\"\" With only a quick stroll past Boston\u2019s Fenway Park, on the evening of Aug. 31, you could quickly sense that the night was still young for many people. Groups of middle-aged women walk past the bars in Western attire, vendors hustle to sell sombreros and $1 T-shirts around the stadium, and, as you approach MGM Music Hall, you come across the huge sign that reads \u201cTriste Pero Bien C*br\u00f3n Tour,\u201d announcing the arrival of the American regional Mexican band, Grupo Frontera.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Formed in Edinburg, Texas, seven years ago, Grupo Frontera has gone from small performances at weddings to filling 5,000-capacity venues in Boston and many others during their current North American tour. The band has proved the effectiveness of social media as a tool for reaching large audiences with music, or, more specifically, with a cover in Grupo Frontera\u2019s case. Their cover of Morat’s “No Se Va” blew up around 2022, and what was to follow has been history.<\/span><\/p>\n

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People continued swarming into the building an hour after the doors had opened. Shortly after the band concluded their fan meet-and-greet at exactly 8:30 p.m., the venue\u2019s golden lights dimmed and flashed brighter than before, now flooding onto the main floor. Because the light hitting the crowd was at extreme brightness and the stage fog was as thick as it could get, you could barely make out the band slowly coming onto the stage. Regardless, the room naturally grew rowdy as the band got into place with their respective instruments.<\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/p>\n

Grupo Frontera set the tone of the start of the show with \u201cLa Del Proceso\u201d from their \u201cY Lo Que Viene\u201d EP released in 2025. The band has introduced an addictive fusion of the <\/span>cumbia<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>norte\u00f1a<\/span><\/i> genres to the mainstream, two types of music originating from Latin America that you just can\u2019t resist to dance and <\/span>menear <\/span><\/i>to, which in Spanish means to shake your hips. Their collaboration with other artists such as Bad Bunny and Manuel Turizo has enabled them to expand the versatility of their sound. However, they\u2019ve also stuck with their <\/span>norte\u00f1o<\/span><\/i> roots and collaborated with Fuerza Regida and Tito Double P, some of the pioneers of the current <\/span>corrido<\/span><\/i> scene.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In between songs, the band\u2019s humor and bond became the spotlight. Before being Grupo Frontera\u2019s conga player, Juli\u00e1n Pe\u00f1a was the designated hype man for both bands. Jokingly, Pe\u00f1a questions if his band should continue performing after only a few songs: \u201cPero la gente de Boston teine que bailar.\u201d Adelaido \u201cPayo\u201d Solis III, their lead vocalist, defends the crowd: \u201c\u00a1Pero te digo que si van a bailar!\u201d The crowd cheers affirmatively, and the band gets right into their following performance. They played hit songs such as \u201cun x100to,\u201d \u201cME JALO,\u201d and \u201cHecha Pa\u2019 Mi,\u201d the latter certainly having been a fan favorite during the show.<\/span> \"\" Apart from the striking romantic visuals played across the large screen behind the band, the two side screens that interchanged between different members of the live band onstage brought their instruments to my attention. Juan Javier Cant\u00fa, their accordionist, played on a beautiful emerald Dino Baffetti with \u201cFRONTERA\u201d in capitalized lettering across the front. The congas Pe\u00f1a used shimmered in silver, also making it impossible for me to take my eyes off them as he played them throughout the night.<\/span>\"\" Having been born and raised in a community made up of mostly Hispanic people, Grupo Frontera\u2019s concert in Boston reminded me of my pride in my Mexican heritage. The <\/span>sombreros<\/span><\/i>, the Mexican flags raised in the crowd, and simply having the ability to dance with everyone in the venue attested to my luck in being able to call this my culture, as I\u2019m sure many people felt similarly. There\u2019s no doubt that Grupo Frontera knows how to make people <\/span>menear<\/span><\/i> and have an unforgettable night no matter where they perform.<\/span>\"\" \"\" \"\" \"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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