Dango Torres

Dango Torres is a Houston-native blues musician who tells his life stories in the form of songs. He was gifted with a sense of perfect pitch, and at age 12 he picked up the guitar. Before he found his escape in music, Dango described his life as “hard, unpredictable, and pointless”, as he struggled with continuous poverty, injuries, and family issues growing up. He stated in an April 2024 interview- “When I found music, my life’s final jigsaw piece had been put together. In those troubling times, I found my purpose, my escape, and my passion”. Dango is on a journey to touch the lives of others with his music and his stories, even if it’s one life at a time. His sound combines the exotic sounds of blues, jazz, classical, metal, and rock into one mega-genre. He stated at a press conference in July of 2024, “I believe music is music, and these funky words we use to describe our tastes shouldn’t get in the way of what we have the potential to create”.

Dango’s goal is one of subject rather than object, being that his measurement of success in the world of music is by how many hearts and souls he’s changed, versus how many streams he has or how much ‘clout’ he may be receiving. His music symbolizes a standing of creativity and a longing for peace and global happiness, as well as a general order for change. The ‘intended audience’ for Dango Torres is unclear, as he is an enigma of creative overlaps and crossways, but that’s the beauty of it all, it’s not 100% put together yet.