There are some stories that never really end — they just find a new song to travel through.
Gringo Corazón II: Amor y Olvido is that kind of record.
It picks up where the first Gringo Corazón https://bill-leyden.bandcamp.com/album/gringo-coraz-n left off — with laughter still in the air, a little more mezcal in the glass, and the same tender curiosity for love, memory, and the people who remind us who we are.
These are stories told across tables, train cars, and plazas — half in Spanish, half in English, always from the heart.
Across nine songs, we meet friends and ghosts, wander old streets, and toast to everything we meant to forget but never did.
From the playful chaos of Whiskey and Prayer Beads to the smoky elegance of Still Laughing in Spanish, and the dreamlike mystery of La Mujer del Tren, each track carries a piece of the same truth: the heart does what it wants — in any language.
The album closes with The Heart’s Got Its Own Plan, a wry, warm farewell that reminds us we’re all just maps without compasses, pointing south beneath the moon.
This project wouldn’t exist without all those nights of music, stories, and the laughter that followed.
Gracias to everyone who’s joined me on this road — from Monterrey to Colima, from memory to melody.
So pour something good, turn up the volume, and enjoy the next chapter of the Gringo Corazón story.
(A la vida, al amor, y al destino que rÃe de mÃ.)
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