Who's Murdering Mexico's Musicians

Time Magazine recently published an article on their website about the murders of several Mexican musicians, particularly those who specialize in a brand of mexican balladeros called narcocorridos.

Read more about their stories here.

Inevitably I had to seek out some material from the artists in question, just to have a frame of reference. Below is a video from Sergio Gomez, a Mexican immigrant who was living in Chicago killed after a concert in his homestate of Michoacan.

That second tune, by Valentin Elizalde, almost has a rocksteady feel to it - if it was a little more bouncy, maybe?