Ana Sidel

CHINGA LIKE A LOCA

Ana Sidel
Singer-Songwriter-Performer

Born in the "Jungle" of México City, Ana started her carrier as a young music reporter working for the main radio stations, music magazines and production companies in Mexico City (Radio-Activo, Expresion Musical, OCESA) collaborating and writing concert reviews.
After few years in the press-media world, Ana discovered that her true love for music was performing on stage. She became the lead singer of the Legendary Band "La Maquina del Sonido" with Armando Molina (Avandaro organizer) and Paco Gruexo, and also fronted Los Corridos with the Laboriel brothers.

Ana, well know for her powerful performances, her strong sexy voice and her flamboyant theatrical stage appearance creates her own unique style of LAtino-Power-Rock.

After gaining much experience in Mexico and at the age of twenty, Ana then decided the time was right for her to leave home. With fifty bucks to spare, a one-way ticket and the dream to break into the American music scene, Ana moved to Los Angeles to become the female front of the new movement of Spanish Rock in LA with the band LA Mixers. Few years later with the support of former band members and following her own path and direction Ana ventures forward as a Solo Artist with the CD project title:
Ana Sidel A Solas
A Solas produced by Guillermo Pascual had the recording collaboration and live performing participation of globally recognized musicians such as Carmine Rojas, Brian Tichi, Joe Travers, Al Pahanish, Jerry Best and Marcus Nand.

The controversial song Chinga Like a Loca became Anas theme and trademark, opening the door in 2007 into the movie industry with the soundtrack for Desert of Blood an all-Latino horror film.

2007 also marks Anas big screen debut as an actress with her role as Maya in the Mexican Canadian film The Dead Sleep Easy with the participation of Martin Kove (Karate kid) the Legendary singer Alex Lora El Tri the world famous wrestler Vampiro Canadiense and Dave Courney a self-proclaimed former British gangster an author.

Anas carrier and trajectory in the music scene in Mexico as a young music reporter-singer and her path in LA as a music-performer for more than a decade was honored and recognized in the documentary of the history of Spanish Rock with her participation and narrative in Rock n Roll Made in Mexico: From Evolution to Revolution release in 2008.

During her carrier Ana has shared the stage with popular Rock & Pop bands in Mexico & Latin America such as "EL Tri", "Elly Guerra", "Aleks Syntek", "La Lupita", "Kenny y los Electricos", "Lucybell", " Victimas del Dr. Cerebro", "Heroes del Silencio, Rostros Ocultos" among others and performed in all main venues and clubs in Mexico and Los Angeles.

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