in alphabetical order • Olga Alanis – percussion • Juan Carlos Allende – guitar • Sergio Alonso – harp • Pancho Alvarez – bouzouki • Stephen Armstrong – assistant engineer • Hugo Arroyo – tuba, vocals, guitarron, quijada • Ersi Arvizu – vocals • Jose Avila – percussion • Marisa Bautista – vocals •
Moya Brennan – vocals • Jorge López Calderón – drums (snare) • Rene Camacho – bass, bass (upright) • Edmar Castaneda – harp, cuatro • Gabriel Castañón – assistant engineer •
Paul Cohen – vocals • Larissa Collins – art direction, package design •
Kevin Conneff – bodhrán, lilting •
Ry Cooder – guitar, piano, composer, timbales, vocals, producer, laud • Raúl Cuellar – violin • Robert Curto – accordion •
Lila Downs – vocals, arranger, step dancing •
Ernesto Villalobos – fiddle, jarana, vocals •
Celso Duarte – fiddle, harp, vocals • Mary Farquharson – coordination, research • Raúl Durrand Flores – assistant engineer • Sofia Fojas – violin • Arturo Gallardo – clarinet • Julian Gonzalez – violin, arranger •
Bernie Grundman – mastering •
Jesus "Chuy" Guzman – violin • Carlos Henderson – bass • Camilo Ramirez Hernandez – violin • Eduardo Hernández – bass (electric), vocals, bass (acoustic) • Hernán Hernández – bass (electric), vocals • Hugo Hernandez – drums (bass) • Jorgé Hernández – accordion, vocals •
Luis Hernández – accordion, vocals, bajo sexto •
Marcos Hernandez – vocals, huapanguera • Ubaldo Hernandez – trumpet • Juancho Herrera – guitar, vocals • Don Hoffman – engineer • Daniel García Hughes – drums (snare) •
Juan Jimenez – guitarron • Jimmy Cuellar – violin • Guadalupe Jolicoeur – coordination, art direction, research •
Seán Keane – fiddle •
Oscar Lara – drums • Jeffrey Lesser – engineer • Germán López – vihuela • Steve Macklam – art direction • Mariachi Santa Fe De Jesus (Chuy) Guzman – vocals • Tríona Marshall – harp • Neil Martin – cello • Brian Masterson – engineer, mixing • Bart Migal – assistant engineer, associate engineer •
Matt Molloy – flute •
Paddy Moloney – arranger, composer, producer, liner notes, uilleann pipes, tin whistle, mixing, tin cans • Rogelio Navarrate – clarinet •
Liam Neeson – narrator • Niamh Ní Charra – concertina • Adrian Nieto – mandolin, percussion •
Carlos Núñez – gaita, low whistle • Xurxo Nunez – drums, guitar (electric), engineer • Felipe Ochoa – vocals, requinto • Marco Ochoa – vocals, jarana •
Van Dyke Parks – piano, accordion • Miguel Pena – guitar • Jon Pilatzke – fiddle, step dancing • Martin Pradler – engineer • Mike Riley – assistant engineer • Alberto J. Rodríguez – assistant engineer •
Eugene Rodriguez – vihuela, arranger • Gabriela Rodriguez – Percussion • Javier Rodriguez – trumpet •
Juan Rodríguez – violin • Luciana Rodriguez – vocals • Albert J. Roman – design assistant •
Linda Ronstadt – vocals, arranger • Yayo Serka – cajon • Graciana Silva – harp, vocals • Gregorio Solano – vocals, jarana •
Samuel Torres – conga, maracas, cajon • Fabiola Truijillo – vocals • Omar Valdez – percussion •
Chavela Vargas – vocals • Efrén Vargas – mandolin, percussion • Rodolfo Vazquez – engineer, field recording ==Charts==