http://www.npr.org/2013/11/26/247162901/ak-47s-accordions-and-angels-of-death-narcocorridos-hit-the-big-screen
movie doc
― curmudgeon, Monday, 2 December 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link
That female banda band Los Horoscopos du Darango are back in my part of the world Friday...
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 March 2014 19:58 (ten years ago) link
I happened upon Los Horoscopos at Taste of Chicago, in 2011 I think. They were really good -- the set was half banda half duranguense, but the banda had some snazzy moves when they weren't playing. Nonstop energy and musicianship.
In other news, the EMP Pop Conference schedule is up, and I'll be presenting with Mr. Kun and Ms. Buendía on this panel, hooray:MovementsBuendía, “How to Make It in the Americas: The Workings of An Independent Transnational Music Community”Kun, “I Know All the Borders, Roads, Rivers and Canals: Mobility, Movements, and the Making of ‘Regional Mexican’ Music”Langhoff, “Pronounced ‘Jai-Fi’: California Norteño, the Word “Hyphy,” and the Story of a Movement”
It's Saturday afternoon April 26, if anyone's going.
My favorite norteno album so far this year is Los Buitres' TERRITORIO BUITRE, but that's not saying a whole lot. About half the songs flip between quartet and banda, and those are the best songs. There's also a couple decent Espinoza Paz numbers and a few that are middling to boring, notably their attempt at an accordion-driven power ballad. I'm still happy to listen all the way through, though. "Mejor Soltero" and "Noche de Lokera" are especially good. They're a weird band -- they alternate between seeming really ambitious and phoning it in.
― dr. philth (dr. phil), Thursday, 6 March 2014 20:27 (ten years ago) link
PopCon schedule: http://www.empmuseum.org/programs-plus-education/programs/pop-conference.aspx?t=schedule#Tabs
― dr. philth (dr. phil), Thursday, 6 March 2014 20:29 (ten years ago) link
Cool
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 6 March 2014 20:57 (ten years ago) link
the set was half banda half duranguense, but the banda had some snazzy moves when they weren't playing. Nonstop energy and musicianship.
May I confess to still not always knowing the difference between these two styles and norteno, as well. Can you explain them?
― curmudgeon, Friday, 7 March 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
Duranguense: too fast half the time; also, ultra-cheesy keyboardsBanda: fucking clarinetsNorteño: THE BEST, because the most stripped-down (guitar, bass, drums, accordion, maybe saxophone)
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Friday, 7 March 2014 19:40 (ten years ago) link
new blog (early self promotion): http://nortenoblog.wordpress.com/
Humorist's breakdown is basically right on, though he's bothered by clarinets more than I am. A banda's a big band, 16 members or so, with brass, clarinets, and often percussion. Norteño usually refers to a smaller band, with drums, bajo sexto, bass or tuba, and accordion. There is also a repertoire of norteño songs, which bandas often play. Some bandas and norteño groups have close relationships, notably Banda Carnaval and Calibre 50, which share some songwriting credits. Current pop songwriters like Luciano Luna and Espinoza Paz write songs for both types of ensembles.
Duranguense's its own thing and is mostly over at this point. If I remember correctly, its Grammy category was "banda." It's a little like a synth-based approximation of banda, though still mostly acoustic instruments -- the synths take lead lines and oompahs. The lead lines are indeed ultra cheesy; the best artists either buried them in the mix (Diana Reyes) or played up the demented aspects of the music (Banda Lamento Show).
― dr. philth (dr. phil), Friday, 31 October 2014 20:45 (nine years ago) link
looks good
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 November 2014 19:15 (nine years ago) link
Hey guyz this thread still exists
― black metal for black people (Drugs A. Money), Friday, 12 December 2014 04:19 (nine years ago) link
From Dr. Phil's blog (minus the links):
These were the top Regional Mexican songs of December 18, 1999, as reported by Billboard. Some things to note: Los Angeles Azules continue to intrigue. Several of these bands — El Recodo, Primavera, Los Tigres — released music in 2014. All of them sound pretty much the same today as they did 15 years ago.
Ah, the sound of traditional dance music.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 13 December 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
Am now checking out La Nueva Rebelion.
― Humorist (horse) (誤訳侮辱), Saturday, 13 December 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
Hey, thanks for reading! Here's the NorteñoBlog Top 10-ish lists. PopMatters ran the same lists with Haikunym adding a blurb for Regulo Caro's album. I would also like to complain that out of 10 Latin albums and 10 Latin songs, Billboard's year-end best-of found space for exactly one norteño artist, Regulo Caro. It's a good song, though -- "Soltero Disponible."
The Singles Jukebox covers La Nueva Rebelión: http://www.thesinglesjukebox.com/?p=14673
― dr. philth (dr. phil), Sunday, 28 December 2014 13:05 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/music/ariel-camacho-dies-at-22-lead-singer-of-los-plebes-del-rancho.html?action=click&contentCollection=Music®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=article
Young Mexican norteno and narcocorrido singer
― curmudgeon, Friday, 27 February 2015 15:19 (nine years ago) link
Singer/accordion player Alfredo Olivas shot six times at a show in Chihuahua; 3 people arrested; multiple concerts postponed, obviously.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 4 March 2015 19:37 (nine years ago) link
crazy down there at times
― curmudgeon, Friday, 6 March 2015 15:53 (nine years ago) link
DOMINGO 22 DE MARZO
MONTEZ DE DURANGO Y AUTORIDAD DE LA SIERRA
EN CONCIERTO!
100 Damas entran Gratis hasta las 10:30pm
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 19 March 2015 16:37 (nine years ago) link
Here's NorteñoBlog's top singles of 2015, first quarter, and the accompanying Youtube playlist.
― dr. philth (dr. phil), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
Plus more violence: Javier Rosas, who I was just starting to like, got shot in a scenario that sounds more cartel-related than Olivas's situation. That may still be hearsay, though. (Billboard also reports that "on March 15, Rogelio "El Chicken" Contreras Rivera, of the band Kumbiamberos RS, was kidnapped and killed while playing at a bar in Monterrey," which is terrible.) Of course, Gerardo Ortiz bounced back from a similar shooting incident to become the face of the genre. It reminds me of kids liking 50 Cent for his "authenticity" when he first came out -- I'm pretty sure I'm not imagining that? -- though Ortiz is a way better artist than 50 ever was, and Rosas might be also.
― dr. philth (dr. phil), Wednesday, 1 April 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
Fascinating article on the banda scene in New York.
― the top man in the language department (誤訳侮辱), Sunday, 4 October 2015 17:24 (eight years ago) link
Nice. Lots of details.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 October 2015 15:56 (eight years ago) link
I am reading a book of essays about regional Mexican music and migration (Musica sin fronteras: ensayos sobre migracion, musica, e identidad) and am learning so much about regional Mexican music. It's really interesting and is making me stop every half page to google something. <3 (also it's in Spanish so I am learning a lot of new musical vocabulary)
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 21 March 2019 00:41 (five years ago) link
Your Spanish is better than mine
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 March 2019 03:34 (five years ago) link
http://wiserwithage.com/2019/11/14/grandmother-81-releases-debut-album-with-grandson-and-is-nominated-by-latin-grammys-for-best-norteno-album/?fbclid=IwAR3350j9AgliMsx6XyH2LdLubSon4hvXaF6ZKSZkmq84SqN7cXRA5C9Lpqk
Grandma Norteno album with grandson and his band nominated for Latin Grammys
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 5 January 2022 17:50 (two years ago) link
construction workers next door to my place are blaring their music loud. Shazam says they have played yesterday songs including Betillo Guerrero "Por Clave el 13" and norteno band Los Tucanes de Tijuana
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 16 February 2023 06:05 (one year ago) link
Peso Pluma on Why Being the First Regional Mexican Artist in Spotify’s RADAR Program Is ‘Big for the Country, the Genre and the Industry’ https://t.co/ooHfqTNca7— billboard latin (@billboardlatin) May 22, 2023
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 May 2023 16:41 (ten months ago) link
Haven’t figured out why Peso Pluma is getting crossover attention that prior regional Mexican musicians didn’t get
― curmudgeon, Monday, 22 May 2023 16:43 (ten months ago) link
Peso Pluma is playing a huge outdoor arena near DC in August
Also mentioned in this other thread
natanael cano and corridos tumbados
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 24 May 2023 02:27 (ten months ago) link