In addition to northern Mexico, California has long been a center of corridos, a reputation powered by vast Chicano communities and influential Latino music industry institutions. Guerra ...

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 ...

Natanael Cano's 'Nata Montana' ReviewThe trap-infused spin on the traditional Mexican folk song known as corridos tumbados has become one of the biggest genres of the year on a global level. And a ...

Here are the morning's top stories on Friday, July 12, 2024: Peso Pluma’s new album Exódo just dropped and it hit the Billboard 200. The artist sings corridos, a type of Mexican traditional music that ...

Luis R. Conriquez is tapping the best of the best on the fourth edition of his Corridos Bélicos albums. On Wednesday, the Mexican singer revealed the track list for Corridos Bélicos Vol. IV, out ...

Vivir Quintana on Revolutionizing Mexican Corridos With Album About Female Inmates Who Are Victims of Violence "The voices of women deprived of their physical freedom also matter," the singer ...

Corridos were born in the 19th century, their classical band instruments and the accordion rooted in German and Polish migration to Mexico. At a time of widespread illiteracy, they were used ...

“We’ve always told stories through our corridos. We don’t focus on the characters,” says Jorge Hernández. “We talk about the events that happen, the realities.

The excitement, and controversy, surrounding the lyrical content of corridos tumbados in Mexico in many ways mirrors decades of debate in the United States over the real-life implications of rap ...

The bilingual podcast “Ídolo: The Ballad of Chalino Sánchez” about the singer's rise to fame and his killing at age 31 has hit a chord in Mexico, among his fans in the U.S. and beyond.

Tank Ball heads to San Antonio, Texas to learn about the musical tradition of corridos, which are ballads that were created by the Mexican people along the Texas-Mexican border during the mid-1800s.