Toño Lizarraga

Toño Lizárraga (born May 2, 1981, in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico) built his reputation in the banda circuit before stepping into the spotlight as a soloist. After early work singing locally, he joined La Original Banda El Limón de Salvador Lizárraga in 2001 and became one of the group’s recognizable lead voices during a commercially strong period that expanded their audience in Mexico and among U.S. regional Mexican listeners. In 2013, he announced his departure and launched his own project, keeping the classic Sinaloan banda template while shifting the focus to his own identity as a frontman. His first solo wave was led by the 2014 single “Me Pegó la Gana,” followed by the album Vuelvo A Nacer (2015), which established his solo catalog around romantic themes, hard-lived storytelling, and dance-ready brass arrangements. He kept that momentum with Borracho de Cantina (2016), then broadened his discography with later full-length releases including Así Como Hoy and Amigos y Cantinas (both 2019). In 2020 he issued Grandes Duetos, leaning into collaboration as a way to refresh familiar banda structures, and he continued releasing albums through the decade with Las Viejas De Mi Apá (2022) and Bronce y Madera (2024). His late-2025 run added the album Es Un Diez and singles such as “Ignoraste mis Lágrimas” and “No Bailes de Caballito.”