"In the first full-length exploration of the contemporary and controversial Mexican corrido, award-winning author Elijah Wald blends a travel narrative with his search for the roots of this genre - a modern outlaw music that fuses the sensibilities of medieval ballads with the e…
Provides a close-up look at the popular Latin music trend of narcocorridos, a musical form that reflects the history, culture and feelings of people with ties to the dangerous world of cross-border drug traffickers.
The present compilation of ballads from the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca documents one of the world's great traditions of heroic song, a tradition that has thrived continuously for the last hundred years.
The present compilation of ballads from the Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca documents one of the world's great traditions of heroic song, a tradition that has thrived continuously for the last hundred years.