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Corridos Tumbados is Punk Rock for the Mexican-American youth

The first time I heard a Natanael Cano song, I was hooked. Intoxicated by the throaty guitar, the way the horns wailed and the mindset the music embodies, I had no choice but to indulge in the culture of Corridos Tumbados and how it has impacted the Mexican-American youth the way Rap and Punk Rock did for the Black and White American youth once before — a genre bred out of rebellion.
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Salsa: The soul of a culture

Illustration by Julie Tran. Suena la clave There is a method to the magic realism my people know as Salsa, a catalyst that allows an emotional escalation aimed towards a
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