The band started out as students of the Eastside Café,a community space in El Sereno, Los Angeles, where they took Son Jarocho classes.Influenced by music from Veracruz, Mexico and eager to teach others about it, they started formally playing in 2005.Since forming, they have shared the stage with artists such as, Caifanes, Lila Downs, Juanes, Ozomatli, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.