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Norteño or Norteña (Spanish pronunciation: [noɾˈteɲo], northern), also música norteña, is a subgenre of regional Mexican music. The music is most often based on duple and triple metre and its lyrics often deal with socially relevant topics, although there are also many norteño love songs.
The history of norteña is in Chapter 2. The 1940s–1960s arrival of Mexicans into the United States and how that influenced the course of norteña is in Chapter 3. How post-1964 illegal immigration contributed to norteña and Ramón Ayala's role in the genre are documented in Chapter 4. Los Tigres del Norte is in Chapter 5. [5]
Oaxaca has a musical tradition/style known as Son istmeño , which is a continuation of the son folk tradition found throughout Mexico (as well as Cuba and Puerto Rico). Although many songs are translated and sung in Zapotec language as well; the rhythms and the basic melodic/harmonic structure are of Spanish origin.
Regional Mexican music refers collectively to the regional subgenres of the country music of Mexico and its derivatives from the Southwestern United States.Each subgenre is representative of a certain region and its popularity also varies by regions.
Some famous norteño-sax acts include Eulalio González "El Piporro", Lorenzo de Monteclaro, [3] Conjunto Primavera, [4] Los Rieleros del Norte, [5] Polo Urías y su Máquina Norteña, Kikín y Los Astros, [2] La Maquinaria Norteña, [6] La Fiera de Ojinaga, [7] La Energía Norteña, [8] Los Pescadores del Río Conchos, [9] La Zenda Norteña, [10] Los Primos del Este, among others.
Los Tigres del Norte (English: The Tigers of the North) are a norteño band from San Jose, California. [1] [2] [3] Originally founded in the small town Rosa Morada in the municipality of Mocorito, [1] Sinaloa, Mexico, with sales of 32 million albums, [4] the band is one of the most recognized acts in regional Mexican music, due to their long history and their successes within the Mexican ...
Norteño (Spanish: "northerner") may refer to: . Norteño (music) is a style of Mexican music related to polka and corridos Norteño refers to the people originally from Northern Mexico in hispanic countries
Jorge Hernandez, frontman of the two-time award-winning group Los Tigres del Norte, performing in 2008. For the 51st Grammy Awards (2009), Best Norteño Album nominees included Los Palominos for Me Enamoré de Un Angel, Los Tigres del Norte for Raíces, Pesado for Corridos: Defendiendo el Honor, Siggno for Six Pack, and Solido for Cuidado.