Scripps News' Meg Hilling sits down with professors and music experts to dig into the history of these songs and the future of the genre.

Do You Know the Difference Between Corridos, Norteña and Sierreña Music? Our Dictionary of Regional Mexican Music Explains It ...

Legado 7’s lead singer Alex Guerra noticed that the vibe at his band’s concerts changed as their subgenre of Mexican regional music, the stoner-friendly corridos verdes, began to rise in ...

Luis Valdez's original Corridos (1984) was a revue of dramatized musical vignettes based on traditional and contemporary Mexican folk ballads about passion, insurrection, and crime. In this ...

Corridos Tumbados, an extension of Narcocorridos, takes on the genre's principles with an influence of rap and trap, touching on topics like drug violence, social issues, and sexualization.