Articles about "narcocorridos"

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Composition of Narcocorridos in Real Time: Sociomusical Construction of October 17th, the Culiacanazo

  • César Jesús Burgos Dávila
  • Julián Alveiro Almonacid Buitrago

The aim of the article is to understand the sociomusical processes and practices of the northern ensemble Arte Norte in the creation of the corrido "Ovidio Guzmán, el Rescate". The corrido recounts the violent events of October 17, 2019, following the failed capture of Ovidio Guzmán in Culiacán, Sinaloa. We interviewed the composers and musicians to delve into the experiences and the construction of musical meaning about the culiacanazo. We present the results in three sections: the musicians' experiences, sources of inspiration and motivations for composing the corrido; we present the strategies and immediacy of their composition and dissemination practices; finally, we address the context, warnings and risk management on the part of the musicians.