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About Mauricio Callejas

Mauricio Callejas is a troubadour from El Salvador. With beautiful lyrics, Mauricio sings about daily life, simple things that happen right before our eyes.

Mauricio Callejas has published 5 albums, his first solo CD “Cosas de la Calle” published in 2002 in El Salvador, then he moved to Austin, Texas to continue his studies and pursue a professional career in songwriting and recording. He recorded a second album, Magico, in Austin TX in 2008 produced by Stephen Doster. His third album came on 2012 “Helado Pop” was co-produced by Michael Ramos and Mauricio Callejas in Austin Tx. In 2016 published a limited edition EP “Preambulo” with 6 songs that served as a preamble of his next album “Crisis” published in 2020.

After more than 20 years creating songs and working on his music, Mauricio has performed in different venues in Latin America , the United States and Canada.

He is the founder of the first songwriter directory of Central America, www.centroamericanto.net and produces a weekly radio program that is broadcasted from different radio stations around the world. Mauricio is also the founder and producer of the annual Central American singer-songwriter festival “Centroamericanto Fest” in Austin TX.

Music Description

“Mauricio Callejas’ music is beauty personified, the colors, shapes and sounds he paints of his native home El Salvador transport you to a place you won’t soon want to leave. I am very honored to be part his record” Stephen Doster, Producer.

Mauricio Callejas’ music is influenced by popular rhythms of his native El Salvador and the rest of Latin America with special emphasis in Central America music. His compositions are meaningful and touching, they are blended with rhythms that delight the audiences and invite them to discover that Cumbia, Latin Jazz, Rock, Parranda, Salsa, Calypso are just a few of the elements in the variety of his repertoire.