Music and religion in the Old Southwest
Matachines
Alabados
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Here are links to the amazing audio recordings made by Juan B. Rael on the 1920s and housed and posted online by the Library of Congress. In 1940, Juan Bautista Rael of Stanford University, a native of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico, used disc recording equipment supplied by the Archive of American Folk Song (now the Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center) to document alabados (hymns), folk drama, wedding songs, and dance tunes. The recordings included in the Archive of Folk Culture collection were made in Alamosa, Manassa, and Antonito, Colorado, and in Cerro and Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico.
Some examples of alabados are:
- "Venir, alma devota," sung by Luis Montoya of Cerro, New Mexico. (To listen to the track, click where it says "Listen to this recording.")
- "Por ser mi divina luz," sung by Ezequiel Arellano of Arroyo Hondo, New Mexico.
Song: Corridos
Racist violence in the West
Gregorio Cortéz
Corridos and their 6 parts
One recorded version of the Corrido de Gregorio Cortés, from the 1950s.
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The great Lydia Mendoza "La Alondra de la Frontera"/The Border Lark. Her classic "Mal hombre" is definitely in the "love stinks" lyrical category.
The great Lydia Mendoza "La Alondra de la Frontera"/The Border Lark. Her classic "Mal hombre" is definitely in the "love stinks" lyrical category.
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Norteño-Tejano Dance Music from Northern Mexico and the US Southwest
Norteño-Tejano Dance Music from Northern Mexico and the US Southwest
Tuba-licious village brass band.This band looks like they're playing at a town fiesta.
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Tex-Czechs' polka brass. This is the Patek family from Shiner, Texas playing the "Circling Pigeon Waltz."
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More Tex-Czechs, now polka-ing with accordions - sound familiar? (p.45)
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Traditional chirimía and drum (pp. 45-46) from Autlán, Jalisco, Mexico:
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Tex-Czechs' polka brass. This is the Patek family from Shiner, Texas playing the "Circling Pigeon Waltz."
More Tex-Czechs, now polka-ing with accordions - sound familiar? (p.45)
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Traditional chirimía and drum (pp. 45-46) from Autlán, Jalisco, Mexico:
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Los Tamborileros de Linares, traditional ensemble from Nuevo León, Mexico (pp. 46-47):
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Narciso Martínez (accordion) and Santiago Almeida (bajo sexto) play "La Cuquita," their first recording, from 1935 (p. 51-54)
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Narciso Martínez (accordion) and Santiago Almeida (bajo sexto) play "La Cuquita," their first recording, from 1935 (p. 51-54)
Last, but far from least - accordion titan (and zookeeper) Narciso Martínez, the "Hurricane of the Valley" and unidentified bajo sexto player ripping it up at a little bar in Edinburg, Texas in the late '70s. From Les Blank's amazing documentary Chulas Fronteras:
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