Would Wall of Voodoo have ever reached the charts with a hit single if not for its memorable music video? We’ll never know, but their signature song “Mexican Radio”—released in 1982— was just the sort ...

“It's insane that it took so long . . ." Helen Ochoa says When Helen Ochoa covered Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy” in 2013, she gave it a regional Mexican makeover by singing it in Spanish with banda ...

Beyoncé may have gone country, but she's far from the only one. Snoop Dogg, Bad Bunny and Karol G are just the latest artists who look to rural areas, specifically in Mexico, for musical inspiration.

Singer Peso Pluma performs onstage during day 1 of the 2024 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 19 in Indio, Calif. [MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY WURZER: Since Mexicans have ...

Ivan Cornejo made history the weekend of May 3-4 as the youngest regional Mexican artist to headline the iconic Radio City Music Hall. The 20-year-old singer-songwriter — known for his heartbreaking ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexican regional music — a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño and other genres — has proved to be anything but regional, playing a key role ...

While delegates to the N. A. B. convention in San Francisco shrilly belabored ASCAP last week (see above), a lumbering, thick-maned Mexican, ensconced in a room in the swank Mark Hopkins Hotel, was ...

The Mexican Consulate in Fresno will spotlight the culture, history, flavor and rhythms of cumbia music Thursday evening at Arte Américas during a free event as part of ArtHop. Cumbia is a type of ...