Interesting article about this Norteño band in the 24 May issue of The New Yorker, by Alec Wilkinson. He makes the point that Norteño music has its roots in polka, brought to northern Mexico by Czechs and Germans at the end of the XXIXth century who arrived to work in iron and copper mines. "The Mexican version is more exuberant than the European one, and has more flourishes. The Mexicans play it so it sounds like music from a warm region instead of a cold one."
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