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Ranchera (pronounced [ranˈtʃeɾa]) or canción ranchera is a genre of traditional music of Mexico. It dates to before the years of the Mexican Revolution. Rancheras today are played in the vast majority of regional Mexican music styles. Drawing on rural traditional folk music, the ranchera developed as a symbol of a new national consciousness ...
The 1972 album “¡Arriba Huentintán!” (“Long Live Huentitán!”, the name of Fernández’s hometown) was Fernández’s first great release. The album starts off with “El Jalisciense ...
Chavela Vargas (Spanish pronunciation: [tʃaˈβela ˈβaɾɣas]; born María Isabel Anita Carmen de Jesús Vargas Lizano[a]; 17 April 1919 – 5 August 2012) was a Costa Rican-born Mexican singer, she gained widespread recognition for her distinctive interpretations of Mexican rancheras. However, her impact extends beyond this genre ...
Born. 1987 or 1988 (age 36–37) [1] San Jose, California [1] Genres. Ranchera. Occupation. Singer-songwriter. Lizette Anabelle Gutierrez (born 1987/88) is a songwriter and musician. [2] She performs traditional Mexican ranchera music under the name San Cha, a combination of "Saint" and "mistress".
Mariachi (US: / ˌmɑːriˈɑːtʃi /, UK: / ˌmær -/, Spanish: [maˈɾjatʃi]) is an ensemble of musicians that typically play ranchera, the regional Mexican music dating back to at least the 18th century, evolving over time in the countryside of various regions of western Mexico. [1] The usual mariachi group today consists of as many as ...
Ranchera: Ranchera music, whose term derives from ranch (farm for raising livestock, typical of the southern United States and Mexico; in Spanish it's called "rancho"), usually has a rhythm in 2/4 (the ranchera corrido or polka), 3/4 (ranchera valsada) or 4/4 (ranchera romantica), with songs typically in a major key. [8]
The song is a typical ranchera, with mariachi choruses and lyrics dealing with life in a traditional Mexican ranch.The American arrangement of the song was copyrighted as a "rumba", [10] a term largely used in the US to denote Americanized Afro-Cuban and Latin ballroom music According to the book The Course of Mexican Music,
Las Jilguerillas was a Mexican ranchera duo that was formed in the mid-1950s by sisters Imelda and María Amparo Higuera. [1] The municipal president of Numarán considers them icons of ranchera music, [2] and they have had several successful tours in both Mexico and the United States. [3] They have also have appeared in several Mexican films.