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Showing posts with label Narco corridos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Narco corridos. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Narco corridos
A sad article in the Telegraph about how musicians in Mexico are being killed because of their connections to the drug trade. Having a narco corrido, or drug ballads, written about you is apparently a mark of prestige for a drug lord. Music is being taken deadly serious there. And we complain about our budgets and audiences.
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