corridos
Narco story songs
Corridos are Mexican folk ballads that tell stories, typically about heroes, outlaws, battles, or tragedies.
The genre emerged in the 19th century and remains vital today, with narcocorridos celebrating drug traffickers becoming controversial in recent decades.
Corridos follow a distinctive structure with simple melodies, often performed with accordion and guitar, and serve as oral history for communities.
The band played corridos about the revolution all night.
Spanish northern adjective
- conjuntoRegional Mexican music group
- SinaloaMexican state, Pacific coast
- ChihuahuaNorthern Mexican state and capital
- TamaulipasGulf coast Mexican state
Lines of poetry
Mexican revolutionary indigenous movement
norteño
Spanish northern adjective
verses
Lines of poetry
Zapatistas
Mexican revolutionary indigenous movement
cartel
Price-fixing coalition
coyote
Wild North American canid
- braceroGuest agricultural laborer
oral
Of the mouth
- music genresblues, pop, jazz, rock, classical
- Latin Americanatango, samba, cumbia, mariachi, bossa nova
- Latin Culturemariachi, salsa dancing, tango, flamenco, cumbia
- vocal songslieder, folk ballads, love songs, ballads, chansons
- Latino CultureHispanic Americans, Latino, Chicana, Mexican-American, Cuban Americans
- folk singingsea shanties, work songs, sea shanty, work song, call and response
corridosinstrumental music
Music without vocals
ambient music · symphonies · electronic music · concertos · dance music
corridosopera
Theatrical art combining song
art song · lieder · chamber music · madrigals · Gregorian chant