Angie K blends her El Salvadoran roots and Nashville savvy in her new EP and the Country Latin Association

Angie K blends her El Salvadoran roots and Nashville savvy in her new EP and the Country Latin Association

Country artists often paint fairly generic pictures of small-town, American roots, but Angie K brings a richer sense of context to her origin story. Her telling of family history includes rural settings as well as border crossings into different cultural and political realities. “My mom grew up in New Mexico. My dad is from El Salvador. And they met at University of New Mexico,” she says matter-of-factly. “And I can talk about this now because t…