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The traditional mariachi is characterized by the predominance of string instruments. Unlike today's popular mariachi, the traditional group did not use trumpets. It is comprised of violins, the ...

Few things are more exciting than the driving rhythms and evocative melodies of the violin, vihuela, guitar and trumpet coming together to produce one of the most popular musical genres of all time: ...

The sun isn’t up, but already the halls at Hueneme High School in Oxnard are vibrating with music. It’s not your standard boombox fare, but a sweet, melodic mix of trumpets, violins and guitars that ...

It’s not easy to break with tradition. Especially when that tradition is centuries old and as steeped in a way of life as mariachi music is in Mexican culture. Traditionally played by men, with songs ...

In 2015, the Luther Burbank Center for the Arts launched a summer camp to teach kids how to play mariachi music with a budget to work with 30 kids — fifty showed up. Since then, the camp has grown in ...

Discover Metalachi, the world’s only heavy metal Mariachi band blending tradition with bold musical innovation.

Cesar Maldonado believes in hardworking, talented young people — and celebrating his musical heritage. He’s combined those by forming and directing the Mariachi Herencia de México. The group consists ...