Also on the lineup is Miami native Orlando Mendez, known as the “Cuban Cowboy.” After more than a year of playing shows around Florida, Mendez got his big break when he appeared on “The ...

"Cuban Cowboy" Orlando Mendez performs at the Country Bay Music Festival in Miami on Nov. 12, 2023. MIAMI (AP) — Miami-native Orlando Mendez had been an aspiring actor when a pandemic shut down ...

He impressed judges with a cover of Luke Combs’ “Beer Never Broke My Heart” and joined a team led by pop singer Camila Cabello, a native Cuban who grew up in Miami. Mendez, a University of ...

MIAMI (AP) — Miami-native Orlando Mendez had ... to embrace his love of county music and reinvent himself as the “Cuban Cowboy.” After COVID-19 locked the world down, Mendez said he turned ...

MIAMI (AP) — Miami-native Orlando Mendez had been an aspiring actor when a pandemic shut down live entertainment in 2020. But the break gave Mendez a chance to embrace his love of county music and ...