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Latin Roots: Norteño For The Fourth Of July

Los Tucanes de Tijuana.
Courtesy of the artist/Universal Musica
Los Tucanes de Tijuana.

As Fourth Of July weekend approaches, World Cafe wanted to hear about a style of Latin music that had its beginnings — at least in part — here in the U.S. That style is norteño: music that comes from the border between the U.S. and Mexico and is equally popular in both countries.

Ernesto Lechner, journalist and co-host of The Latin Alternative, leads us through the corridos and other music in the still-evolving norteño style.

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