Mexican Balladeer Sings Deep From Within Your Canyons

Boquillas del Carmen, a community in the Mexican state of Coahuila, has been turned into a veritable ghost town thanks to strict U.S. border security laws - a ghost town, that is, save for an one angelic sound. The sweet, sweet crooning of Victor Valdez:

Victor Valdez doesn’t need a microphone to sing. His voice echoes off the steep canyon walls that surround his unusual stage here. Standing knee-deep in the middle of the Rio Grande’s rushing waters – at the dramatic entrance of the Boquillas Canyon – Mr. Valdez belts out heart-felt ballads such as “Cielito Lindo” and “El Rey.” His baritone voice floats through the canyon and up the Rio Grande toward Big Bend National Park.

Oh we feel our canyon walls reverberating right now.

Mexican balladeer sings to save vanishing village [The Dallas Morning News]