AJ Castillo is the hottest new artist to burst on the scene in 2009. This is evidenced by his most recent accomplishment, becoming a three time award winner. He was named the Tejano Academy’s best Accordion Player and Best Emerging Artist and the Tejano Music Awards Best New Artist at the July 11th, 2010 awards show in San Antonio TX. He has been in the Tejano industry for several years as a musician. Having lent his musical talent to many of the top Tejano artists through countless studio recordings and performances, AJ is known for his unique accordion sound and style, and his larger than life custom accordions. He now feels it is time to step to the front of the stage and has embarked on a new journey as a well-known accordionist, singer, performer, and producer with the release of his critically acclaimed debut CD “Who I Am” and the highly anticipated new CD “On My Way”. With one of the best CDs to be released in 2009 and 2010, he has introduced a fresh new sound that expands the boundaries of accordion music and has helped energize the Tejano scene.

AJ is a native of Austin, TX, and is a recent graduate of The University of Texas at San Antonio. He started playing the accordion at the age of 10 and began his professional music career at 13. Today at the age of 24 and at the beginning of his solo career, the Tejano industry is recognizing the buzz surrounding this young talented musician. In a short period of time, he has accomplished many great things: he has released two hit CD’s “Who I Am” & “On My Way”; within the first seven months of his solo career AJ was asked to perform at the 2009 Tejano Music Awards; he is receiving airplay on every Tejano station across the nation; he released an official video for his hit single “Todo Me Gusta De Ti”; he kicked-off the 2009 Tejano Music National Convention in Dallas, TX; and most recently, as stated, becoming a three time award winner.

Taking what he has learned over the last 11 years of his musical career, and with the release of his second CD, AJ has taken his music to the next level and continues to amaze people with his ability to infuse different styles of music to create his new unique sound. Joining him on his second CD is his 19 year old brother, a promising vocalist, Sergio Castillo. AJ hopes that his music will help the Tejano industry attract new young fans. He also hopes to satisfy the diehard Tejano fans by continuing to produce great music. His talent has been recognized by many artists and producers including Grammy Award Winning Producer Gilbert Velasquez who has labeled AJ’s sound as fresh, diverse, and considers it to be the “next page” for Tejano music.