Luis Valdez's original Corridos (1984) was a revue of dramatized musical vignettes based on traditional and contemporary Mexican folk ballads about passion, insurrection, and crime. In this completely ...
MEXICO CITY — At a Mexican military base, Captain Eduardo Barrón picks up not a rifle but a microphone. Swaying boot-to-boot, he belts out a song as the sounds of trumpets and accordions roar from a ...
Los Angeles, California--(Newsfile Corp. - February 20, 2024) - Kartel Music is set to release 'Corridos Bélicos Vol. 4 Deluxe', the latest album from the acclaimed Mexican artist Luis R Conriquez, on ...
In Mexico, even the president has an opinion on what Natanael Cano, Luis R. Conriquez and others sing. By Natalia Cano In May, local authorities of a famous resort in Cancún, Mexico, banned live ...
As of April of this year, nearly a third of all Mexican states have banned the public performance of corridos — the genre that has shaped Mexican identity for generations. This continues a long ...
Scripps News' Meg Hilling sits down with professors and music experts to dig into the history of these songs and the future of the genre. For Grupo Frontera, social media has served as the driving ...
Luis Valdez's original Corridos (1984) was a revue of dramatized musical vignettes based on traditional and contemporary Mexican folk ballads about passion, insurrection, and crime. In this completely ...