Mexican Music Playlist

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Mexican music is incredibly passionate and vibrant, and plays a big role in shaping the Mexican culture, past and present. The music of Mexico is very diverse and features a wide range of musical styles. Mexican music has been influenced by a variety of cultures, notably indigenous Mexican and European. Mexico has a rich culture that should be boasted about. The Mexican culture integrates the traditions from Mexico and the world cultures the country has been in contact with through the centuries, be it through song, dance, art, food, or language, and forms it into a unique voice for the Mexican people to share and cultivate from generation to generation.

What makes Mexican music and integral part of the Mexican culture, and therefore the lives of Mexican people is how much it is a part of the historical makeup and mexican heritage. Mexican music, for the most part, is the music of the people. Traditional Mexican music depicts vibrancy, folklore, and color. And above all, from folk songs to mariachi music, to the modern upbeat music today, Mexican music speaks volumes for the people.

For example, "Banda" music a form of traditional Mexican music including cumbias, corridos, rancheras, and boleros, was created with the imitation of military bands that were imported during the second Mexican empire, under emperor Maximillian I of Mexico in the 1860s. Banda music actually sounds very similar to polka music, again illustrating the diversity of the Mexican music sound and influence. Banda music was further popularized during the Mexican Revolution with revolutionary leaders like Pancho Villa utilizing the music to be apart of this campaign, appealing to poor Mexican farmers and families.

Below is a playlist of classic and modern Mexican music. Each song integrates a different quality of the Mexican culture. Moreover, this playlist brings light some of the very best aspects and traditions of the Mexican culture.

Read more about the music of Mexico and check out my 10 songs I love in Spanish!

P.s.- Check out my Youtube channel for the playlist + video: Mexico Playlist

Mexican Music Playlist :

A link to the videos/clips from this Mexican Music Playlist can be found HERE !!!

1. "Como La Flor"- Selena
2. "Cielito Lindo" - Pedro Infante
3. "De Colores"-  Joan Baez (cover)
4. "Y Como Es El"-  Vicente Fernandez
5. "Reloj" - Lucho 
6. "Cucurrucucu"-  Lola Beltran
7. "La Bamba" - Ritchie Valens
8. "Ella"- Jose Alredo Jimenez
9. "La Gran Senora"- Jenni Rivera
10. "L'Via L'Viaquez"- The Mars Volta