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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Grammy-winning Los Tigres Del Norte wrote an original corrido for the long-running Fox animated series "The Simpsons." A ...

If you’ve heard the song ‘La Cucaracha’ you’ve heard a corrido before. Corridos are traditional Mexican folk ballads often played by ‘banda’ groups outfitted with tubas, trumpets, accordions and ...

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 ...

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 regional Mexican music scene has evolved from a niche genre into a global powerhouse, with Corridos Tumbados and Belicos leading the charge. As of May 2026, these subgenres account for roughly 3% ...

Fans of norteño music legends Los Tigres del Norte can watch a cartoon version of the band perform an original corrido that premiered on a recent episode of "The Simpsons." A music video featuring a ...