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 ...

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 ...

Eslabon Armado chats with USA TODAY about breaking records with "Ella Baila Sola" and their boldest album yet, "Nocturno." ...

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With artists like Peso Pluma and Fuerza Regida dominating the charts, we explain the different subgenres that fall under regional Mexican music. By Tere Aguilera Regional Mexican music is dominating ...

It's a genre of music that's making history. For Grupo Frontera, social media has served as the driving force behind their rise in profile, in large part thanks to TikTok. But in the case of Peso ...

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 ...

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,” ...

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 ...