Musica Nortena: Mexican Migrants Creating a Nation Between by Catherine Ragland

By Catherine Ragland

Musica nortena, a musical style with its roots within the people ballad traditions of Northern Mexico and the Texas-Mexican border sector, has develop into a highly renowned musical sort within the united states, quite between Mexican immigrants. that includes evocative songs approximately undocumented border-crossers, drug traffickers, and the plight of immigrant employees, musica nortena has develop into the track of a 'nation among nations'. "Musica Nortena" is the 1st definitive heritage of this transnational tune that has discovered huge, immense advertisement luck in norteamerica. Cathy Ragland, an ethnomusicologist and previous track critic, serves up the attention-grabbing fifty-year tale of musica nortena, enlivened through interviews with very important musicians and her personal first-hand observations of stay musical performances. past calling our cognizance to musical impacts, Ragland indicates readers the social and fiscal forces at paintings in the back of the track. by means of evaluating musica nortena with different well known musical kinds, together with conjunto tejano, she is helping us comprehend and enjoy the musical ties that bind the Mexican diaspora.

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