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Musica nortena, a musical genre with its roots in the folk ballad traditions of Northern Mexico and the Texas-Mexican border region, has become a hugely popular musical style in the U.S., particularly among Mexican immigrants. Featuring evocative songs about undocumented border-crossers, drug traffickers, and the plight of immigrant workers, musica nortena has become the music of a 'nation between nations.
Cathy Ragland, an ethnomusicologist and former music critic, serves up the fascinating fifty-year story of musica nortena, enlivened by interviews with important musicians and her own first-hand observations of live musical performances.