From the mariachi's booming guitarron on "Cielito Lindo," to the powerful accordeón in Los Tigres del Norte's "Ni Parientes Somos" to even the trap drums of a Natanael Cano corrido tumbado, the sound ...

Going Beyond Stereotypes: Mexican Indigenous Dress and Musical Instruments By: Lisa Falk, Head of Community Engagement, Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona The Smithsonian’s Learning Lab ...

Guillermo Contreras strums the five-string guitarra de golpe. There's a place in Mexico City that's filled with thousands of musical instruments from all over Latin America — some of them more than ...

For decades, a traditional (and, at times, formulaic) sound defined and powered regional Mexican music, the umbrella term that includes subgenres like banda, norteño and mariachi. But today, música ...