I think that we need a thorough understanding of the source of the narcocorrido rather than simply blaming the genre for propagating violence.
Posted 03.14.2012
Bob Dylan’s 35th album is in the works. Although details are slim, multi-instrumentalist David Hidalgo, who recently finished wrapping up record...
Posted 02.15.2012
Have you ever wondered what Mexican norteño music would sound like if played on an iPad? Us either. But we're glad these guys did. Check out this ...
Marty Lipp | Posted 01.11.2012
While music styles from the U.S. and Mexico have flirted, rubbed up and exchanged some, uh, seminal elements across their shared border, few artists have the unique perspective of Lila Downs, who was raised amid the heartlands of both countries.
Mexican Musicians Killed After Encore Refused | Posted 05.25.2011
Furious audience members killed two members of a band in Mexico after being told the music had to stop. The band--faced with demands for more from a g...
Mark Bazer | Posted 05.25.2011
Sones de México Ensemble, the Grammy Award-nominated group specializing in Mexican son music, stopped by the show.
Marty Lipp | Posted 05.25.2011
We all have our summer coping mechanisms -- repeated cold showers, Ranier cherries in a bucket of ice water -- but I have always made liberal use of music that is not just cool, but cools.
Erika L. Sánchez | Posted 05.31.2012