LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mexican regional music — a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño and other genres — has proved to be anything but regional, playing a key role ...

“It's insane that it took so long . . ." Helen Ochoa says When Helen Ochoa covered Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy” in 2013, she gave it a regional Mexican makeover by singing it in Spanish with banda ...

In recent years, regional Mexican music has reached unprecedented global heights. Peso Pluma became a Billboard Hot 100 staple, scoring 23 entries in a single year. Carín León broke ground as the ...

LOS ANGELES — Mexican regional music — a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño and other genres — has proved to be anything but regional, playing a key role in ...

How Salt-N-Pepa rewrote the rules for women in hip-hop The Grammys split the country album category into traditional and contemporary. It might be great Barry Manilow to have surgery for early-stage ...

Now, women are carving their own space, often singing lyrics that differ from their male counterparts, tailored around love, heartbreak and the woman's experience. “In this particular genre, women are ...