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Description of Mariachi

 
Bands from Jalisco, in western Mexico, have been providing a unique form of relaxed, romantic accompaniment to weddings since before the Mexican Revolution. Some say the French word for "marriage" may have given their ensembles and their music its name: Mariachi. Now popular at restaurants, bars, and receptions on both sides of the border, Mariachi bands include guitars, the low, thrumming guitarron, violins, a trumpet, and a high-pitched singer. They also come equipped with a repertoire of ballads, polkas, waltzes, and cumbias. Mariachi bands are known for their stylized, sombrero-and-bolero-coat uniforms, and for wandering from bar to street corner to bar, playing their traditional music.
 

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1. Veracruz Mariachi Mexico De Pepe Villa
2. Jamas, Jamas, Jamas Mariachi Los Caporales
3. Morena De Mi Corazon Raul Sandoval
4. La Fiesta Del Mariachi Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan
 

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Mariachi Key Artists

 
Amalia Mendoza

The great mariachi singer
Amalia Mendoza was also
known as "La Tariacuri."
"Tariacuri" is a word
Mexico's Purepecha India...

Javier Solis

Solis was Mexico's reigning
king of ranchera in the late
1950s and '60s. Solis was
born into a poor family and
spent his youth working o...

Jose Alfredo Jimenez

Jose Alfredo Jimenez was
one of the most loved and
talented romantic singers in
the history of Mexican
music. Miguel Aceves Meji...

Lola Beltran

The queen of ranchera
music, Lola Beltran had an
incredible voice you just
need to hear to understand.
Beltran started out as a se...

Lupillo Rivera

California-based Rivera is a
masterful Norteno singer
who got his high school
degree and promptly went
into the music biz. Rivera...

Mariachi Los Caporales

As mariachi groups go,
Mariachi Los Caporales are
relatively young -- they
formed in 1993. Founder
Roy Quintero was invited...

Mariachi Mexico De Pepe Villa

Mariachi de Pepe Villa was
born in 1953, when Pancho
Pulido handed the reins of
his group over to Pepe Villa.
Mariachi Pulido became M...

Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlan

This classic mariachi group,
founded by Gaspar Vargas,
celebrated its hundredth
birthday in 1997. Gaspar's
son Silvestre took over le...

Pepe Aguilar

Mariachi stalwart Pepe
Aguilar is Antonio Aguilar's
son and an influential artist
in his own right.

Vicente Fernandez

The King of the Rancheros
and a beloved figure in
Mexico and beyond,
Fernandez is still touring
well into his 60s. Fernand...

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