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From Mexico

Chavan and his group play ?mariachi?, which is the most popular and famous Mexican folk music. The name means ?marriage? - most people associate it pu&hellip » read more

Lila Downs more »

From Mexico

?It took a long time to decide that I wanted to sing,? Lila Downs recalls. ?Something needed to motivate me.? And what did motivate this anthropology &hellip » read more

Los Cojolites more »

From Mexico

Biography by Andy Morgan, July 2002: Mexico?s Vera Cruz province, on the shores of the Caribbean, was a quiet steamy little backwater of fields and v&hellip » read more

Los de Abajo more »

From Mexico

It seems that The Great Musical Rulebook never got a Spanish printing. What else could explain the unstoppable torrent of bands from the planet's Span&hellip » read more

Rodrigo & Gabriela more »

From Mexico

Virtuoso guitar duo Rodrigo and Gabriela started life as heavy metal axe wielders in their native Mexico. Through a slow process of development and m&hellip » read more

Orange Blossom more »

From Algeria, France, Mexico

No-one could accuse the music of Orange Blossom of sitting on a fence, unable to decide which side it?s on. Their manifesto is one that?s committed an&hellip » read more

Taïga Maya more »

From Belgium, Croatia, Ecuador, Mexico, United Kingdom, Venezuela

Melanie Gabriel and Thierry van Roy present Taïga Maya, an imaginary encounter between the Siberian Yakutes and the Maya people of south Mexico. They &hellip » read more

Nortec Collective more »

From Mexico

Nortec Collective emerged from the burgeoning Tijuana electronic scene, performing a style of music that they invented called Nortec - a fusion of Nor&hellip » read more

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