La Santa Cecilia, named after the Roman Catholic patron saint of music, takes inspiration from music around the world, creating their modern Latin rock sound by mixing together cumbia, bossa-nova, rumba, bolero, tango, jazz and klezmer music. Accordionist and requinto player Jose ‘Pepe’ Carlos, bassist Alex Bendaña, percussionist Miguel ‘Oso’ Ramirez, and vocalist ‘La Marisoul’ write songs about love and loss, which resonate with their fans, especially the bicultural community in the United States that appreciates the Latin American influences in their sound.