Musica+Mexicana

**Música Mexicana**
This page is here to allow students to listen to music from seminar sessions. It is posted for educational purposes only under "fair use" conventions as regards intellectual property. I will update this page from the top - the music from the most recent class periods will be first. Scrolling down will be take you to the music from past classes in sequence.

WEEK TWO
Botellita de Jerez is known as one of the seminal "padrinos" (Godfathers) of modern Mexican Rock. They made their first albums in the mid-1980s.

"EL Laberinto de la Soledad" (The Labyrinth of Solitude)

"Guacarock de la Malinche" - Malinche's //Guacarock//

Lyrics (Español) "Guacarock de la Malinche," "El Laberinto de la Soledad

Botellita de Jerez

Jose Alfredo Jimenez - Mexico's most renowned Mariachi Vocalist

Lyrics (Español) "El Rey" (The King) Jose Alfredo, Iconic photo

WEEK ONE:
"La Tumba del Mojado" (The Wetback's Grave) Lyrics Style: Norteño Los Tigres are immensely popular on both sides of the border. The have won five grammys and sold 32 million records. Their best known albums are "Idolos del Pueblo," "Corridos Prohibidos," and most recently "Raices."

Here are a couple of links as starters on Los Tigres:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Tigres_del_Norte http://www.lostigresdelnorte.com/english/

"Volver, Volver" (To Come Back, To Come Bac) Lyrics Style: Mariachi Another iconic Mexican Musician, Vicente Fernandez has also starred in many films. Vicente Fernandez

"Azul Casi Morado" (Blue, Nearly Purple) Lyrics Style: Rock and Roll, Art Rock, Goth Named after psychedelic mushroom priestess Maria Sabina, Santa Sabina is known as a pioneer group that prefers small venues. The group is also known for poetic lyrics and an intense lead singer, Rita Guerrero. Santa Sabina

"La Cucaracha" Lyrics Style: Tejano/Tropical(Gulf Coast style)/Hip-Hop Actually from Corpus Cristi, Texas, the Kumbia Kings are highly regarded in Mexico and toured there frequently until the band split up forming "Los Super Reyes" and "Kumbia All Starz." "Los Super Reyes" produced a hit "Muevelo," platinum because of sales in Mexico. Kumbia Kings

"Farolero" (Lighthouse Keeper) Lyrics Style: Boleros, Baladas Freddy Noriega is to Mexican music of the "Golden Age" what Frank Sinatra is to American music of the 50's and 60's. Freddy Noriega

"Male Crucita" (Pretty Crucita) Lyrics Style: Purepecha(Tarascan)Pirecua - Evolved in Michoacan from Medieval Plain Song that Franciscan Missionaries introduced in the 16th Century. This is a regional style found in the Lacustrine areas and highlands of Michoacan. Women usually sing the Pirecuas //a cappella//, but these singers also play instruments in a typical folk "banda"