In May, local authorities of a famous resort in Cancún, Mexico, banned live concerts of corridos tumbados, and other musical genres that authorities believe encourage violence. At the same time, in ...

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,” ...

As of April of this year, nearly a third of all Mexican states have banned the public performance of corridos — the genre that has shaped Mexican identity for generations. This continues a long ...

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.

Engaging Gen Z is both a challenge and a significant opportunity for radio stations. To connect with this demographic, it’s crucial to understand emerging trends in music and culture. One genre making ...

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 ...

Engaging Gen Z is a challenge … and a huge opportunity. This means understanding emerging trends in music and culture, both of which are important to this demographic. Staying ahead of the pack and ...

Natanael Cano was barely 18 when he became one of the most prominent figures in the corridos tumbados movement. His style of prickly, guitar-driven Mexican balladry mixed elements of rap and trap, and ...

Bouncing around the roads of rural Mexico with long-haul truckers who picked him up hitchhiking, Elijah Wald had a captive audience. And that is exactly what the Cambridge, Mass., native wanted. A ...