In Mexico, even the president has an opinion on what Natanael Cano, Luis R. Conriquez and others sing. By Natalia Cano In May, local authorities of a famous resort in Cancún, Mexico, banned live ...

Peso Pluma isn’t letting an injury slow him down. The Mexican superstar, who is leading a new wave of corridos artists on both sides of the Mexico-U.S. border, suffered a foot fracture during his ...

Luis R Conriquez has been itching to make a rap and reggaeton album for a long time. Sure, he’s a corridos artist at heart, but he’d always wondered if other genres could work, too. “With everything ...

Legado 7’s lead singer Alex Guerra noticed that the vibe at his band’s concerts changed as their subgenre of Mexican regional music, the stoner-friendly corridos verdes, began to rise in popularity.

The 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 large part of that success is due to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tank Ball explores the musical tradition of corridos at the U.S. - Mexico Border. Tank Ball heads to San Antonio, Texas to learn about the musical tradition of corridos, which are ballads that were ...

Regional Mexican music is having a moment. Artists like Peso Pluma have hit the Top 10 of the Billboard charts in recent years. Peso Pluma sings corridos, a type of Mexican traditional music which has ...

Can a musical genre be considered so dangerous as to be banned from the radio? Yes, according to the authorities in some parts of Mexico who have forced radio stations to take action in an attempt to ...

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 ...