Flatland Cavalry is a Red Dirt and Texas country band formed in Lubbock, Texas in 2012 around Cleto Cordero, with fiddle-led arrangements rooted in West Texas tradition. Humble Folks (2016) is where the story starts; Welcome to Countryland (2021) and Wandering Star (2024) carry it forward. Browse Flatland Cavalry vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Flatland Cavalry formed in Lubbock, Texas in 2012 around Cleto Cordero. The band has built a sustained career through the Texas Red Dirt and independent country circuits across the 2010s and 2020s, signing with Interscope Records in the 2020s for broader distribution while maintaining their independent country aesthetic.
Flatland Cavalry's sound combines Red Dirt country, Texas country, country, Americana, and folk country with Cordero's distinctive vocal delivery and the band's signature fiddle-led arrangements drawing on West Texas musical traditions.
Belle Sound, Thirty Tigers, and Interscope pressings of the Flatland Cavalry catalog have been issued in standard and color variant editions.
Listeners new to Flatland Cavalry typically start with Humble Folks (2016) or Welcome to Countryland (2021).
