From the mariachi’s booming guitarron on “Cielito Lindo,” to the powerful accordeón in Los Tigres del Norte’s “Ni Parientes Somos” to even the trap drums of a Natanael Cano corrido tumbado, the sound ...
Once a year, for the Tucson International Mariachi Conference, the guitarrón count in the Old Pueblo skyrockets. The six-stringed bass with the bulbous body and the resonant sound is the backbone of a ...
Allison Juarez is a little like the instrument she plays. The Ryan High School senior plays the guitarrón in Mariachi Los Raiders, the school’s Mexican folk ensemble. It’s not the loudest instrument ...