Banda is a brass-based form of traditional music. Bandas play a wide variety of songs, including rancheras, corridos, cumbias, baladas, and boleros. Bandas are most widely known for their rancheras, but they also play modern Mexican pop, rock, and cumbias. Most Banda music is very clearly a dialect of polka and will seem familiar and appealing to fans of polka or traditional German and Polish music.

La Banda el Recodo, El Coyote, Banda Sinaloense MS, Banda Machos, Banda Maguey, Banda Cuisillos, La Arrolladora Banda El Limón and Banda Los Recoditos are some of the most famous banda artists. Banda is primarily a male-dominated genre; however, there are also a few all-female bandas such as Banda Las Tapatías and Banda Soñadoras, as well as a few prominent female singers such as Chayito Valdez and Graciela Beltrán also Jenni Rivera.

Banda music was established in the 1880's in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico when it exploded into popularity in the 1890s throughout Mexico. Its roots come from the overlapping of Mexican music with German polka music. At the time, many German Mexicans lived in the states of Sinaloa, Chihuahua, and Nuevo León. This greatly influenced northern Mexican music. Immigrants from northern Mexico brought the music to the United States. Initially popular in the southwest United States, primarily in Texas, California and Arizona, banda has followed the movement of Mexican immigrants to the Midwest United States and the rest of the country. Other notes on the origin of "Banda" music resembling mid 20th century Jazz: Mexicans whom came in contact with Latin-based Jazz of Chicanos or Mexicans born and raised in the United States adopted Jazz-like sounds in banda to further enrich the music type.

Callalily is an all OPM band from the Philippines, composed of Kean Cipriano, Tatsi Jamnague, Aaron Ricafrente and Lemuel Belaro.

They also entered the Philippine music scene with their singles Stars, Take My Hand, their breakthrough single Magbalik, Pasan, which was also included in the soundtrack of Lineage II, Insane and Sanctuary, all from their debut album Destination XYZ. Their second album Fisheye' followed not long after, which scored its first single Susundan dedicated to the death of their friend Jan Kevin Santos. A commercial jingle Eto na ang Summer that was specially composed for Sony Ericsson, also ran into airplays.

Callalily Vocalist Kean Cipriano has a duet collaboration with Paraluman vocalist Madeline Ramboyong with their hit single "Tabi", from the Paraluman's debut album "In Lab!" launched in 2008.

Kean Cipriano has also taken a new responsibility in acting on a Top Rated Hit Sunday Noon Time Teen Television Series "BFGF" with leading lady TV Host and actress Alex Gonzaga on TV 5. Half of the band's songs and new ones are used on the TV series featuring Yakap as its theme song and features "Magbalik" as a background track. And also he's a co-host of Sunday Musical Variety Show "P.O.5". He's also former part of a sitcom Hapi Together and his magical comedy reality show, Magic Gimik. He's now currently seen on Magic Bagsik and his newest sitcom, Sugo Mga Kapatid were also both aired on TV5.