Over the past five years, regional Mexican music has once again caught fire within our industry, thanks to a new generation of Mexican and Mexican American hitmakers who’ve taken the historic genre ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexican regional music — a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño and other genres — has proved to be anything but regional, playing a key role ...

La Original Banda el Limón has recorded a corrido in honor of Kamala Harris. On Thursday, the band premiered the song, titled “Señora Presidenta,” with Rolling Stone, which hears the band endorsing ...

An exploding new talent is turning heads in Modesto for both his voice and his look. A 26-year-old TikTok sensation calls himself Talibelico — a combined term for magical impact, "talisman," and a ...

Apollo Frequencies is a series exploring sounds that seem to come from another world. The premise was simple and tongue in cheek: “Let’s make the first corrido about doing K.” The idea wasn’t entirely ...

This story was reported for K Onda KQED, a monthly newsletter focused on the Bay Area’s Latinx community. Click here to subscribe. Oakland artist DELACiiO’s latest EP features a corrido titled “R94,” ...

The regional Mexican music scene has evolved from a niche genre into a global powerhouse, with Corridos Tumbados and Belicos leading the charge. As of May 2026, these subgenres account for roughly 3% ...