Kevin Ortiz

Movimiento alterado is a contemporary offshoot of the Mexican corrido tradition that foregrounds hyper-violent, adrenaline-charged storytelling and hard-hitting, brass- or guitar-led arrangements. It is closely tied to the "corridos alterados" wave, in which first‑person narratives, military…

Corridos alternativos is a contemporary wave of Mexican corridos that blends the narrative ballad tradition with Gen‑Z indie, pop, and hip‑hop sensibilities.

Musica urbana oaxaqueña (Oaxacan urban music) is a contemporary, grassroots blend of Latin urban styles—reggaeton, Latin trap, dancehall and hip‑hop—with regional sounds and languages from the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. It often mixes Spanish with Indigenous languages such as Zapotec, Mixtec, Mixe…

Sierreño (música sierreña) is an acoustic, guitar‑driven substyle of Regional Mexican music rooted in the mountainous "sierra" regions of northwestern Mexico.

Regional Mexicano (Música Mexicana) is an umbrella term for folk-derived regional styles from Mexico and their Mexican American continuations in the Southwestern United States. Rather than one single sound, it gathers subgenres tied to specific regions—such as mariachi and ranchera…

Banda is the traditional music of the Banda peoples of the Central African Republic and adjacent regions of the central Sudano–Congolese belt. It centers on communal performance—singers, dancers, and instrumentalists creating interlocking parts that are woven together through call-and-response and…