Directory of Norteño Resources

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Norteño, also known as música norteña or conjunto, is a style of music that developed in South Texas and Northern Mexico. In South Texas the style was known as conjunto. This style of music is the main ancestor of Tejano music. This category embraces all the different syles of music, artists, and songs that feature the basic instruments of the style, the diatonic button accordion and the bajo sexto guitar. These include but are not limited to the following styles of music and songs: música norteña, norteño, conjunto, orquesta, ranchera, corridos, quebradita, tambora, huapango, and norticumbia.

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• Bands and Artists

Resources in This Category

• Conjunto 101: An Unofficial Primer

  http://www.accordions.com/index/art/guerra.shtml
  Includes origins, instruments, and development of the style of music.

• Grito Radio

  http://www.gritoradio.com/
  An online Tejano music radio station.

• Handbook of Texas Online: Música Norteña

  http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xbm01
  History of the style of music.

• Handbook of Texas Online: Texas-Mexican Conjunto

  http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/xbtpa
  History of the style of music.

• Música fronteriza - Border Music

  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/border/pena/index.html
  By Manuel Peña. Research article on the music of the Mexican/US border.

• Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas

  http://www.elijahwald.com/corrido.html
  Detailed description of this book about the corrido music style, and the Mexican culture.

• PBS: Accordion Dreams - All About Conjunto

  http://www.pbs.org/accordiondreams/all/
  Television program about the style of music.

• South Texas Conjunto Association

  http://www.angelfire.com/tx/STCA/
  Information about a non-profit, educational organization that teaches about the origins of conjunto music of South Texas.

• The Roots of Tejano and Conjunto Music

  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/border/arhoolie2/raices.html
  Music excerpts, liner notes, and photographs from Arhoolie Records.

• Yo soy de aqui

  http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/border/accordion/index.html
  Photographs of Central Texas conjunto accordion players.

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