In the first full-length exploration of the contemporary and controversial Mexican corrido, award-winning author Elijah Wald blends a travel narrative with his search for the roots of this genre - a modern outlaw music that fuses the sensibilities of medieval ballads with the edgy grit of gangsta rap. From international superstars to rural
singers documenting their local current events in the regions dominated by guerilla war, Wald visited these songwriters in their homes, exploring the heartland of the Mexican drug traffic and traveling to urban centers such as Los Angeles and
Mexico City. The corrido genre is famous for its hard-bitten songs of drug traffickers and gunfights, and also…
I'd like to issue several warnings about this book: 1. It isn't an ethnomusicological manifesto. There will be no kinship studies(although there's plenty of kinship amongst the author and his… I was
originally attracted to norteņo because of its generally clear lyrics and upbeat tempo. I was studying Spanish, and lyrics of groups such as Los Tigres were easy to understand. The more words I…
