JOP and company capped off the Chicago fest with “Marlboro Rojo,” surprise guests and the kind of fan hysteria that stopped ...
Los Tucanes de Tijuana draws a multigenerational crowd while Fuerza Regida attracts the 35-and-younger set. A great majority ...
As tens of thousands packed Sueños Music Festival for a weekend of reggaetón and regional Mexican music, another sound was steadily taking over the festival grounds: Latin rave.
Junior H is is changing his tunes when it comes to the controversy surrounding corridos tumbados, the Mexican genre that the Mexican government claims glorifies crime and violence. On Monday, the ...
It was girls-to-the-front when Mxka took the stage last month at the Lovers Lane block party in San Francisco’s Mission district. At the annual Valentine’s Day celebration of Chicano culture, friends ...
This is a take on classic frijoles charros (cowboy beans), the Northern Mexican bean soup where salchichas, or hot dogs, feature prominently, except that this is for charros who are in a hurry. The ...
For Los Angeles–based music producer Jimmy Humilde, Texas has always been a key gateway for the new wave of regional Mexican music that is trending today. Humilde is the founder and CEO of Rancho ...
Mexican music is facing a crackdown. Local authorities are banning public performances of narcocorridos, popular ballads that romanticise drug cartels. As the country wrestles with the “effects of ...
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 ...
Corridos is a genre that has been around for generations. Now, it's hitting the charts in a new style, inspiring bands in New Mexico. "Corridos tumbados changed up the whole Mexican music." Corridos ...
Natanael Cano, the OG king of corridos tumbados, took a surprise turn with his new album Porque La Demora. After two years focusing on collaborations with his genre peers (and to the shock of some of ...