Nati Cano's Mariachi Los Camperos

This veritable mariachi institution has been playing a weekly dinner club in Los Angeles since 1969. Suffice it to say, the dudes know their stuff. So when they put together an album of their favorite songs to play live, you know they're going to grab you. And so they do: the group celebrates Jalisco and Michoacan, praises "Mexico Lindo," shrieks and laughs and laments -- all to the astonishingly tight playing that is one of the happy results of a band staying together for 40+ years. Llegaron was nominated for a Grammy in 2005.