Reissue: Hermanos Gutiérrez on Their Musical Beginnings, and the Meaning of Family

Hermanos Gutiérrez never planned to be a band. On this episode of Identified, Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez sit down with host Nabil Ayers to trace where their music, and their bond, actually comes from: an older brother who became a father figure, a younger brother who picked up the guitar just to feel close to him, and the day a roommate overheard them playing and said, "you should be a band."

Guests: Estevan and Alejandro Gutiérrez (Hermanos Gutiérrez)
Host: Nabil Ayers
Executive Producer: Kieron Banerji
Produced by Palm Tree Island

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00:00 How Hermanos Gutiérrez began
01:47 Eight years apart
03:09 The first time they played together
04:06 The name, and the accidental band
06:09 Their mother, their father
09:21 Their grandfather, Luis Alfredo
10:45 Where the music came from
11:51 Belonging to two cultures
13:42 Grief, and "what is family?"
16:57 Passing it on to the next generation

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Identified is a podcast series that explores identity, race, culture, and family through personal conversations. Hosted by author and music executive Nabil Ayers, each episode dives into lived experiences that reveal how our backgrounds shape who we are—and how we find belonging.

Nabil is the author of My Life in the Sunshine (Viking, 2022), and has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, and GQ on themes of race, music, and personal history. He’s also the President of Beggars Group US, co-founder of Sonic Boom Records, and founder of the record label The Control Group / Valley of Search.

Identified brings together notable voices for reflective, vulnerable conversations about where we come from—and where we’re going.

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